Middle English Dictionary Entry
plaing ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | plaing ger. |
| Etymology | From pleien v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Pleading, lament.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Chaucer CT.Pars.(Tex 143)I.84 : Playng [Heng: penitence is the pleynynge of man for the gilt þat he hath doon].