† by-talen.
Obsolete.
a. A parable; cf. byspel n. 1.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun]
byspelc950
by-talea1300
forbyseninga1300
fable1340
parablec1384
similitudea1425
examplec1425
allegoryc1450
problema1500
apologuea1555
byworda1557
mythology1603
Aesopism1845
exemplum1883
a1300 Life of Jesus (Horstm.) 242 (Mätz.) Ore louerd prechede þat folk..And seide heom þar to ane bitale.
b. An irrelevant tale, a tale by the way.
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by-tale1553
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 48 Tel me no bytailes, such as are to no purpose.
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