telleth

Archaic for recounts

Telleth is an archaic third-person singular form of tell, from Early Modern English when verbs took the suffix -eth: He telleth lies, The clock telleth the hour.

Found in the King James Bible and Shakespeare, it survives mainly in quotations and deliberately antiquated speech.

archaic

saith

Archaic for speaks

speakethSpeaks, King James style
declarethAnnounces formally, archaic
spakeArchaic past of utter

quoth · hath · doth · thou · thee · thy · thine · verily · forsooth · wherefore

Opposites

communication action

tellethheareth

Perceives by ear, archaic

receiveth · conceals · hides · withholds · listens

linguistic register/temporal style

tellethtells

Conveys information verbally

says · informs · relates · communicates · states

Phrases

fortune tellerOne who predicts futures
bank tellerFinancial transaction processor
truth tellerOne who states reality
Penn and TellerComedy magic pair
automatic teller machineSelf-service bank terminal
fortune teller machineAutomated mystic giving readings

Family

teller, tellers

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G