vi to tell stories.
2. tale ·vi a count or declaration.
3. tale ·noun ·see tael.
4. tale ·vi that which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
5. tale ·vi a number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.