handplega

Old English

Etymology

From hand (“hand”) +‎ plega (“play, exercise”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑndˌple.ɡɑ/, [ˈhɑndˌple.ɣɑ]

Noun

handplega m

1. fighting, combat

Descendants

• English: handplay

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hand-plega”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.