(a) Slander; falsehood; censure, reproof; (b) cause for reproach, wrongdoing; deceit, enticement; (c) an ailment; (d) ?prohibition; yeven tel, with inf.: to forbid (sb. to do sth.).
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(a) That which one tells, the oral or written relation of an event or a series of events purporting to be true, a personal narrative, an account; bi his tale, according to him; bi olde tales……
