plegian
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to play; move about sportively; frolic, dance
- to move rapidly
- to divert or amuse oneself; occupy or busy oneself
- to play a game; sport with; exercise; exercise one’s self in any way for the sake of amusement
- to play with
- to play with a person; toy
- to strive after
- to play on an instrument
- to contend; fight
- to clap the hands; applaud
- to make sport of; mock
- to cohabit (with)
Etymology
Inherited from *plegōn (engage, move).
Origin
*plegōn
Gloss
engage, move
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- plaw English
- *blek- Proto-Indo-European
- plegol Old English
- pleon Old English
- pleġan Old English
- plawen Middle English
- plaȝen Middle English
- pleien Middle English
- pleyen Middle English
- plëgan Old High German
- *plegōn gmw-pro
- *plehan gmw-pro
- *plian Old Dutch
- plegan Old Dutch
- plegen Middle Low German
- plegan Old Saxon