Told
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Old English tellan ‘relate, count, estimate’, of Germanic origin; related to German zählen ‘reckon, count’, erzählen ‘recount, relate’, also to tale.
wiktionary
From Middle English tolde, talde(first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde(first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną(“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell + -ed.
etymonline
told
past tense and past participle of tell (v.), from Old English tealde, past tense of tellan.
