pley

Middle English

Noun

pley

1. alternative form of ple

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English pleye, from Old English plega, from Proto-West Germanic *plegō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pleː/

Noun

pley

1. play
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:

     Th' heiftem o' pley vell all ing to lug;

     The weight of the play fell into the hollow;

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86