tale

noun

prose fiction that can be either rooted in oral tradition or created by an author

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈteːl/ / /ˈteɪl/

noun

Alternative form of tael.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English talen, from Old English talian (“to count, calculate, reckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *talōn, from Proto-Germanic *talōną (“to count”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to count, reckon, aim, calculate, adjust”). Cognate with Dutch talen (“to long, care”), German zahlen (“to pay”), Swedish tala (“to speak, talk”), Icelandic tala (“to talk”).

To speak; discourse; tell tales.
To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.