pleie
Middle English
editNoun
editpleie
- Alternative form of pleye
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Low German plegen and Old Norse plega.
Noun
editpleie f or m (definite singular pleia or pleien, uncountable)
Derived terms
editVerb
editpleie (imperative plei, present tense pleier, passive pleies, simple past pleia or pleiet or pleide, past participle pleia or pleiet or pleid, present participle pleiende)
- to nurse, care for, look after, take care of (someone)
- to cultivate (e.g. friendships, interests)
Derived terms
edit- pleier (noun)
Verb
editpleie (imperative plei, present tense pleier, passive pleies, simple past pleide, past participle pleid)
- to be in the habit of, to be used (å gjøre noe / to doing something)
- han pleier å gjøre det - he usually does that
References
edit- “pleie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Low German plegen and Old Norse plega.
Noun
editpleie f (definite singular pleia, uncountable)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- pleiar (noun)
Verb
editpleie (present tense pleier, past tense pleidde, past participle pleitt/pleidd, passive infinitive pleiast, present participle pleiande, imperative plei)
- Alternative form of pla (“to use, be in habit”)
Verb
editpleie (present tense pleier, past tense pleidde, past participle pleitt/pleidd, passive infinitive pleiast, present participle pleiande, imperative plei)
- Alternative form of pleia (“to nurse”)
References
edit- “pleie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
editNoun
editpleie oblique singular, f (oblique plural pleies, nominative singular pleie, nominative plural pleies)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of plaie
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Low German
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
- Anglo-Norman