A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Plat], adj. flat, level, Prompt.; adv. completely, fully, JD, C2.—OF. plat.

[ Platly], adv. fatly, fully, S3, HD, Prompt.

[ Plate], sb. plate-armour, S2, C2; plates, pl., PP.—AF. plate, a plate of metal, bullion, silver-plate, f. of plat, flat.

[ Platte], pt. s. reflex. threw himself flat, PP, S2.

[ Playn], adv. plainly, clearly, C2, C3; see [Pleyn].

[ Playne], v. to complain, S2, PP; playn, S3; pleyne, PP, C2; pleyn, S3; plane, S3; pleignen, pr. pl., S2; pleynand, pr. p., S2; plenand, H.—OF. plaign-, stem of plaignant, pr. p. of plaindre (pleindre); Lat. plangere.

[ Playnte], sb. complaint, lament, PP; pleinte, C2; pleyntes, pl., C3.—OF. pleinte; Late Lat. plancta, from Lat. plangere.

[ Playnyng], sb. complaint, S3.

[ Playte], sb. a fold, plica, Prompt.; pleytes, pl., plaits of a cord, HD.—OF. pleit, a fold; Lat. plicitum, folded. Cf. [Plite].

[ Playten], v. to fold, Prompt.; plettand, pr. p., S3; pletede, pt. s., S2.