plege

Dutch

Verb

plege

(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of plegen

Anagrams

pleeg

Old French

Alternative forms

plage, plaige, ploge, ploige

Etymology

From Medieval Latin plevium, plebium, from the verb plebiō, earlier *pleviō, probably from Frankish *plehan. Compare Old English pleġan, Old High German plegan.

Noun

plege oblique singular, m (oblique plural pleges, nominative singular pleges, nominative plural plege)

pledge; surety

Descendants

Anglo-Norman: plege
- → Middle English: plege
  - English: pledge
French: pleige

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (plege)

plege on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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