"plega" meaning in Old English

See plega in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈple.jɑ/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *plegō. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*plegō}} Proto-West Germanic *plegō Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=pleġa|head2=|sort=}} pleġa m, {{ang-noun|m|head=pleġa}} pleġa m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|pleġ}}, {{ang-decl-noun|pleġa|pleġan|pleġan|pleġan|pleġan|pleġena|pleġan|pleġum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: pleġa [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], pleġa [nominative, singular], pleġan [nominative, plural], pleġan [accusative, singular], pleġan [accusative, plural], pleġan [genitive, singular], pleġena [genitive, plural], pleġan [dative, singular], pleġum [dative, plural], plæġ [alternative], plæġa [alternative]
  1. playing
    Sense id: en-plega-ang-noun-DbeeY8UX Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 43 6 6 6 41
  2. a game
    Sense id: en-plega-ang-noun-etQym~ay
  3. a toy
    Sense id: en-plega-ang-noun-Ed0sOaXe
  4. a play
    Sense id: en-plega-ang-noun-472AShgD
  5. exercise
    Sense id: en-plega-ang-noun-9VEBy150 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 43 6 6 6 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: handpleġa (english: fighting), hildpleġa (english: hild-play; war), sundpleġa Related terms: plegian
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "fighting",
      "word": "handpleġa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hild-play; war",
      "word": "hildpleġa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sundpleġa"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "pleye"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: pleye, pleie, plaw, plawe, play, playe, pleȝe, plæȝe, pleiȝ, pleouwe, ploȝe, plai, plaȝe, pleghe, plaghe, plasze\nEnglish: play\nScots: play\nYola: pley",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: pleye, pleie, plaw, plawe, play, playe, pleȝe, plæȝe, pleiȝ, pleouwe, ploȝe, plai, plaȝe, pleghe, plaghe, plasze\nEnglish: play\nScots: play\nYola: pley"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*plegō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *plegō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *plegō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pleġa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plæġ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plæġa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "pleġa",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "pleġa m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "pleġa"
      },
      "expansion": "pleġa m",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "pleġ"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "pleġan",
        "3": "pleġan",
        "4": "pleġan",
        "5": "pleġan",
        "6": "pleġena",
        "7": "pleġan",
        "8": "pleġum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "plegian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 6 6 6 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "playing"
      ],
      "id": "en-plega-ang-noun-DbeeY8UX",
      "links": [
        [
          "playing",
          "playing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a game"
      ],
      "id": "en-plega-ang-noun-etQym~ay",
      "links": [
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a toy"
      ],
      "id": "en-plega-ang-noun-Ed0sOaXe",
      "links": [
        [
          "toy",
          "toy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a play"
      ],
      "id": "en-plega-ang-noun-472AShgD",
      "links": [
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 6 6 6 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "exercise"
      ],
      "id": "en-plega-ang-noun-9VEBy150",
      "links": [
        [
          "exercise",
          "exercise"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈple.jɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plega"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine n-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "fighting",
      "word": "handpleġa"
    },
    {
      "english": "hild-play; war",
      "word": "hildpleġa"
    },
    {
      "word": "sundpleġa"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: pleye, pleie, plaw, plawe, play, playe, pleȝe, plæȝe, pleiȝ, pleouwe, ploȝe, plai, plaȝe, pleghe, plaghe, plasze\nEnglish: play\nScots: play\nYola: pley"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*plegō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *plegō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *plegō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pleġa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleġum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plæġ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plæġa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "head": "pleġa"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "pleġ"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "pleġa",
        "2": "pleġan",
        "3": "pleġan",
        "4": "pleġan",
        "5": "pleġan",
        "6": "pleġena",
        "7": "pleġan",
        "8": "pleġum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
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  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "plegian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "playing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "playing",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a game"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a toy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "toy",
          "toy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a play"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "exercise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exercise",
          "exercise"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈple.jɑ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plega"
}

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