pleyn

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman pleyn, one of the variants of Old French plain, from Latin planus.

Alternative forms

• plein, pleine, plene, playne, playn, plaine

Adjective

pleyn

1. clear; unambiguous
   • 14^th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue

     This is the poynt, to speken short and pleyn

     This is the point, to speak briefly and clearly

Descendants

• English: plain
• Yola: plaine

References

• “plein(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Adjective

pleyn

1. alternative form of playn (“flat”)

Old French

Adjective

pleyn m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pleyne)

1. alternative form of plein