pleje

Danish

/plajə/

verb
Definitions
  • (governing an infinitive) use to, used to signifies habitual or repeated events or circumstances.
  • (transitive) to nurse, to care for, to maintain

Etymology

Inherited from Old Danish plæghæ borrowed from Middle Low German plegen derived from *plehan (vouch for, be concerned with, care about).

Origin

*plehan

Gloss

vouch for, be concerned with, care about

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