plegen

Middle Dutch

verb

Definitions

to care for
to carry out, to do, to engage in
to do habitually
to use

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch *plian inherited from *plehan (vouch for, be concerned with, care about).

Origin

*plehan

Gloss

vouch for, be concerned with, care about

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

plegian Old English
pleon Old English
pleġan Old English
plien Middle Dutch
plëgan Old High German
*plegōn gmw-pro
*plehan gmw-pro
*plian Old Dutch
plegan Old Dutch
plegen Middle Low German
plegan Old Saxon

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