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1. (obsolete, dialectal) plural simple present of tellExamples: "They tellen me as them furrin 'tatoes bin kill-dried afore they comen 'ere, so they bin no good fur settin'."; "A dog, when it's had th' tin kettle unteed fro its tail, an' yo' geen it a feed of wut-cake an' milk, an' yo' tellen it to lie deawn upo' th' hearthstone, an' if it's a mind to stop wheere it is it may."; "Hoo'll never do no good at the music, they tellen her up at the school, wi'out hoo practises reg'lar, an' it's unpossible for her to do that wi'out we has a pianney i' the 'ouse."dialectalform-ofobsoletepluralpresent