plege

Dutch

Verb

plege

1. (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)

1. 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