plæce

Old English

Alternative forms

plæse, plætse

Etymology

From Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

Noun

plæċe f

place, open space
street

Declension

Declension of plæce (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	plæċe	plæċan
accusative	plæċan	plæċan
genitive	plæċan	plæċena
dative	plæċan	plæċum

Descendants

Middle English: place (conflated with Old French place)
- English: place
  - Pijin: ples
  - Tok Pisin: ples

References

plæċe in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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