pleyen

From a conflation of Old English pleġan and pleġian, from Proto-Germanic *pleganą, *plehaną and *plegōną. Equivalent to pleye +‎ -en (“infinitival ending”).

• pleien, pleiȝen, playen, pleȝen, plæien, plaien, pleye, plaȝen, plawen

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛi̯ən/

pleyen

1. To entertain; to play or engage in recreation or sports:
   1. To engage in a game or sport, especially for money.
   2. To entertain oneself; to play or engage in recreation with oneself
   3. To go on a holiday or a journey for the purpose of enjoyment.
   4. To jump satisfactorily; bounce gleefully.
   5. To copulate and/or engage in foreplay.
2. To frolic or bounce around.
3. To bet or wager something in a game.
4. To engage in social behaviour; to make small-talk.
5. To act in a certain manner; to act like (something or someone):
   1. To imitate or deceive; to recast or recreate a past event.
   2. To participate in a theatrical production.
6. To play music; to sing and/or play an instrument.
7. To plaw; to reach the boiling point.
8. (rare) To provide entertainment, happiness or fun; to participate in a performance that is neither theatrical or musical.
9. (rare) To work at; do something as one's job, career, or living.

• playing
• pleiful
• pleye
• pleyer

• English: play, plaw
• Scots: play

• “pleien (v.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.

From ple (“plea”) +‎ -en (“infinitival ending”).

• ple, pleien

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛi̯ən/

pleyen

1. To support a legal plea or allegation.
2. To produce proof or evidence for a plea.

• ple

• English: plea
• Scots: plea

• “pleien (v.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-19.