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Old English · noun

pleghus

Normalised pleġhūs

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈplejˌxuːs/
[ˈplejˌhuːs]
Syllables
ˈplej · ˌxuːs (2 syllables)
Modern English
playhousetheater

Meaning

  1. playhouse, theater

Declension

Declension of pleghus
SingularPlural
Nominative pleġhūspleġhūs
Accusative pleġhūspleġhūs
Genitive pleġhūsespleġhūsa
Dative pleġhūsepleġhūsum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From plega + hūs. Compare Old Saxon spilehūs (“theatre”), Old High German spilehūs, spilahūs, spilohūs (“theatre”).

Descendants

playhouse

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