This is a sentence from a tale I'm having trouble with. It is a Tengu speaking
to a boy:

> まったくおれは何の術もかけて **いないてえ** のに本気にしやがって。

I understand this sentence to mean something like 'To be honest I haven't
actually granted you any skills.'

What does いないてえ stand for； what kind of verb form is this (if I am right to
assume it is some negative form of the verb いる）?
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What is the grammar behind いないてえ?
I think you should focus on 「てえのに」 instead of 「いないてえ」.

I've never seen 「てえのに」 written like that, but I guess it is some sort of sound
change and means 「というのに」. The most common one I've seen is 「つうのに」.

If 「術をかける」 is about granting skills, the sentence will become

>   * まったくおれは: Really, I
>   * 何の術もかけていない: have not granted any skills
>   * てえのに: and still
>   * 本気にしやがって: you're taking it seriously
>
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This sentence is perfectly Edo dialect. いないてえのに accurately means いないっていうのに or
いないというのに (いない-と-いう-のに) in normal Standard language.
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Just FYI:

The small「っ」should be added in the original sentence when writing it. (as
tyam-san mentioned, but just to be clear.)

  * まったくおれは何の術もかけていない **っ** てえのに本気にしやがって。

The same thing happens when using 「つうのに」which siikamiika-san mentioned.

  * まったくおれは何の術もかけていない **っ** つうのに本気にしやがって。

Since the dialect is also mentioned, here's one of the ways how some people in
Kansai area could say, just for fun.

  * まったくおれは何の術もかけてへんいうてんのに本気にしよって。
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