Euro~Say what thou wolt, I schal it never telle To child no wyf, by him that harwed helle.
His seruante hadde great maruayle, howe he parceyued that, and desyred his mayster to telle hym, whether he knewe hit by touching of the pulce, orels by some other hygher knowlege.
Telle me, whether knoweth better my wiue's fautes, you or she?
Lo, by this tale ye se, that foles can nat telle what and whan to speake: therfore it were best for them to kepe alway silence.
O Alfwolde, saie, how shalle I synge of thee Or telle how manie dyd benethe thee falle; Not Haroldes self more Normanne knyghtes did slee, Not Haroldes self did for more praises call; How shall a penne like myne then shew it all?
Albeytte everyche thynge yn lyfe conspyre To telle me of the faulte I nowe schulde doe, 825 Yette woulde I battentlie assuage mie fyre, And the same menes, as I scall nowe, pursue.
Telle hym from me one of these three to take; That hee to mee do homage for thys lande, Or mee hys heyre, when he deceasyth, make, Or to the judgment of Chrysts vicar stande.
Celmonde, sweftlie goe, Telle mie Brystowans to bedyghte yn stele; 345 Tell hem I scorne to kenne hem from afar, Botte leave the vyrgyn brydall bedde for bedde of warre.
I'll prove mie courage onne the burled greene; Tys there alleyne I'll telle thee whatte I bee.
Go telleto Birtha strayte, a straungerr waytethe here.
But for to telle you of his aray, His hors was good, but he ne was nought gay.
Now schalle I telle you the governance of the court of the grete Cham.
The translator of a Canticum de Creatione declares that there were --fro the incarnacioun of Jhesu Til this rym y telle yow Were turned in to englisch, A thousand thre hondred & seventy And fyve yere witterly.
And ryght as Mayster Wace says, I tellemyn Inglis the same ways.
Salomon the sage A sermon he made, For to amenden maires And men that kepen lawes; And tolde hem this teme, That I telle thynke, Ignis devorabit tabernacula eorum qui libenter accipiunt munera, etc.
And preyde he sholde hem telle To Conscience what craft he kouthe, And to what contree he wolde.
Ac I wiste nevere freke that as a frere yede Bifore men on Englisshe Taken it for his teme, And telle it withouten glosyng.
And if he gyveth ought to povere gomes, Telle what he deleth, {264} Povere of possession in purs And in cofre bothe.
I have no tome to telle The tail that hire folwed; Ac Gyle was for-goer, And gyed hem alle.
Or that I lye wenen, Asketh at hym or at hym, And he yow kan telle What I suffrede and seigh And som tymes hadde, And what I kouthe and knew, And what kyn I com of.
Wel artow wis," quod she to Wit, "Any wisdomes to telle To flatereres or to fooles, That frenetike ben of wittes.
And if I bidde any bedes, But if it be in wrathe, That I tellewith my tonge Is two myle fro myn herte.
And I aroos up right with that, And folwed hym after, And preyde hym of his curteisie To telleme his name.
He ought to have followed the good advice of his motto: "Que faire encore dans une telle nuit?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "telle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
