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plæce

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
plæce, plæse, an: plæts, e; f.
A place, an open space, a street
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  • In huommum ðara plæcena

    in angulis platearum,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 5.
  • On plæcum (on plætsa, Rush.)

    in plateas,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 10 : 14, 21.
  • In plaecum

    in plateis,

      13, 26.
  • In plæcum (plæsum,

      Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 56.
  • In plægiword ł on plæcum

    in plateis,

      Rtl. 36, 7.
  • In plæcum,

      65. 37.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. plecke or plotte porciuncula. 'Pleck is given by Cole, Ray, and Grose as a North-country word, signifying a place;' note, p. 405. Icel. pláz; n. : M. H. Ger. platz, m. : (both introductions of the end of thirteenth century). From Latin.]
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v.  plægi-word plæts.
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