Obs. rare. [OE. tál (str. fem.), a by-form of tǽl: see TELE sb.] Evil-speaking, calumny; blasphemy; reproach, blame.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Luke iii. 14. Ne tale ne doð.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Hom., I. 498. Ælc synn and tal bið forgifen.

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a. 1023.  Wulfstan, Hom., lvii. (1883), 299. Þæt man god to tale habbe.

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c. 1315.  Shoreham, i. 975. Þer-fore ȝe mote þolyen hyt [pain] Wyþ-oute alle manere tole [rhyme hole = whole].

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