playferen.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪfɛː/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪˌfɛ(ə)r/, Scottish English

/ˈplefer/

Forms: early Middle English pleiuere, early Middle English ploiuere (south-west midlands), early Middle English plowefere (south-west midlands), Middle English plaiefere, Middle English plawfere, Middle English playefeer, Middle English playfer, Middle English pleiefiere, Middle English pleifere, Middle English pleyefere, Middle English pleyfer, Middle English–1600s pleyfere, Middle English–1700s (1900s– archaic) playfere, late Middle English (in a late copy)–1600s playfeer, 1500s plaifaier, 1500s plaifeere, 1500s plaifere, 1500s plaifiere, 1500s playefeere, 1500s playfeare, 1500s playffeer, 1500s playfiere, 1500s–1600s playfeere, 1600s playpheer, 1600s playpheere; Scottish pre-1700 playfeir, pre-1700 1700s–1800s playfair, 1700s playfeer, 1700s playfere, 1800s playfier, 1900s– plaefer (Shetland), 1900s– playfare, 1900s– playfer (Orkney). N.E.D. (1907) also records forms Middle English playefere, Middle English playfeere, Middle English playuere.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., fere n.¹

Etymology: < play n. + fere n.¹ Compare playing fere n. at playing n. Compounds 2.The following shows a parallel formation < play n. + yfere n.:c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 7800 Ifunden Mærlin & his plaȝe-iueren [c1300 Otho pleiueres] mid him.

Now chiefly Scottish.

1. A playfellow, a playmate; a companion. Also figurative. Now archaic and rare.In early use occasionally with sexual connotations; see, e.g., quot. 1543.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > companion in amusement

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playing ferec1300

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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > close associate or companion

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c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) 49 Ti sorhfule gast schal wið swucche ploiueren [sc. Belial and Satan] pleien in helle.

c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Laud) 69 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 433 (MED) With þe ich go in euerech stude..And þi plei-fere..ich am.

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 47 (MED) Prude wes my plowe-fere, Lecherie my lauendere.

c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 276 (MED) Crist pleyed with hym as pley fere.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 45 (MED) Pouerte and pacyence arn nedes play-feres.

c1425 Prose Versions New Test.: Deeds (Cambr.) (1904) xiii. 1 Manaen..was þo plawfere [c1384 Wycliffite, E.V. sowkynge feere; L. collactaneus] of Herowde þo Tetrarke.

c1450 (a1375) Octavian (Calig.) (1979) 1232 (MED) Vyf and twenty bachelers Þat hadde ben hys pleyferys, Iarmed in þe best maneres..wente forþ.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 318 (MED) Roger Mortymer..was that tyme the quenes playfeer.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xxxiii One of his wanton mates and vnthriftie plaifaiers.

1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 277 But when the newes was brought, Unto her Playffeers eares.

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iv. iii. 87 Learne what Maides have beene her Companions, and play-pheeres .

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 281 Play with your Playfeers.

a1765 Jew's Daughter ii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 244/1 I winna cum in, I cannae cum in, Without my play-feres nine.

1785 Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (new ed.) 27 in Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. Play with your play-fairs.

1821 A. Scott Poems (new ed.) 43 Hail, auld playfier, dainty chiel.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. I. i. 38 Hath each not seen, since when, in their first youth, They playferes were,..The other's face.

2. Scottish (now Orkney and Shetland). A toy, a plaything. Sc. National Dict. at Play n. records this sense as still in use in Orkney and Shetland in 1966.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > [noun]

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a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1956) II. 158 What's siller for? Fiend haet awa, But Gowden playfair, that may please.

1822 R. Wilson Poems 62 To set up for sale In playfair shops.

1862 St. Andrews Gaz. 25 July in Sc. National Dict. Drinkin' whusky is juist like middlin' wi' poother..it's no a playfair for fools an' bairns.

1931 J. T. S. Leask Peculiar People 138 Tak yer playfares an' rin awa but, bairns.

1950 New Shetlander No. 20. 26 Nae kirkyard by da sea for wis. Na, na; da sea itsel; doon i'da deep, maet for da fishes; swüpid among da tangles, da plaefer o' da undergro.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	playfere
释义	playferen. Brit. /ˈpleɪfɛː/, U.S. /ˈpleɪˌfɛ(ə)r/, Scottish English /ˈplefer/ Forms: early Middle English pleiuere, early Middle English ploiuere (south-west midlands), early Middle English plowefere (south-west midlands), Middle English plaiefere, Middle English plawfere, Middle English playefeer, Middle English playfer, Middle English pleiefiere, Middle English pleifere, Middle English pleyefere, Middle English pleyfer, Middle English–1600s pleyfere, Middle English–1700s (1900s– archaic) playfere, late Middle English (in a late copy)–1600s playfeer, 1500s plaifaier, 1500s plaifeere, 1500s plaifere, 1500s plaifiere, 1500s playefeere, 1500s playfeare, 1500s playffeer, 1500s playfiere, 1500s–1600s playfeere, 1600s playpheer, 1600s playpheere; Scottish pre-1700 playfeir, pre-1700 1700s–1800s playfair, 1700s playfeer, 1700s playfere, 1800s playfier, 1900s– plaefer (Shetland), 1900s– playfare, 1900s– playfer (Orkney). N.E.D. (1907) also records forms Middle English playefere, Middle English playfeere, Middle English playuere. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., fere n.¹ Etymology: < play n. + fere n.¹ Compare playing fere n. at playing n. Compounds 2.The following shows a parallel formation < play n. + yfere n.:c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 7800 Ifunden Mærlin & his plaȝe-iueren [c1300 Otho pleiueres] mid him. Now chiefly Scottish. 1. A playfellow, a playmate; a companion. Also figurative. Now archaic and rare.In early use occasionally with sexual connotations; see, e.g., quot. 1543. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > companion in amusement playferec1225 playing ferec1300 playfellowa1535 playmate?1560 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > close associate or companion farrowa700 fellowa1225 playferec1225 companiona1325 matec1380 gossea1549 comrade1591 comrado1598 netop1643 butty1791 left bower1829 sidekick1893 side-kicker1894 cobber1895 bredda1969 bredren1980 c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) 49 Ti sorhfule gast schal wið swucche ploiueren [sc. Belial and Satan] pleien in helle. c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Laud) 69 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 433 (MED) With þe ich go in euerech stude..And þi plei-fere..ich am. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 47 (MED) Prude wes my plowe-fere, Lecherie my lauendere. c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 276 (MED) Crist pleyed with hym as pley fere. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 45 (MED) Pouerte and pacyence arn nedes play-feres. c1425 Prose Versions New Test.: Deeds (Cambr.) (1904) xiii. 1 Manaen..was þo plawfere [c1384 Wycliffite, E.V. sowkynge feere; L. collactaneus] of Herowde þo Tetrarke. c1450 (a1375) Octavian (Calig.) (1979) 1232 (MED) Vyf and twenty bachelers Þat hadde ben hys pleyferys, Iarmed in þe best maneres..wente forþ. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 318 (MED) Roger Mortymer..was that tyme the quenes playfeer. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xxxiii One of his wanton mates and vnthriftie plaifaiers. 1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 277 But when the newes was brought, Unto her Playffeers eares. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iv. iii. 87 Learne what Maides have beene her Companions, and play-pheeres . View more context for this quotation 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 281 Play with your Playfeers. a1765 Jew's Daughter ii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 244/1 I winna cum in, I cannae cum in, Without my play-feres nine. 1785 Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (new ed.) 27 in Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. Play with your play-fairs. 1821 A. Scott Poems (new ed.) 43 Hail, auld playfier, dainty chiel. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. I. i. 38 Hath each not seen, since when, in their first youth, They playferes were,..The other's face. 2. Scottish (now Orkney and Shetland). A toy, a plaything. Sc. National Dict. at Play n. records this sense as still in use in Orkney and Shetland in 1966. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > [noun] beaubeletc1205 juelet1340 trifle1375 geara1400 gaudc1430 jape1436 playing thing1440 baublea1475 playock1508 gewgawa1529 toy?1565 gay1577 gambol1579 ruggle1598 frolic1650 playthinga1674 wally1692 sporting-piece1740 playferea1774 play material1897 play-pretty1905 a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1956) II. 158 What's siller for? Fiend haet awa, But Gowden playfair, that may please. 1822 R. Wilson Poems 62 To set up for sale In playfair shops. 1862 St. Andrews Gaz. 25 July in Sc. National Dict. Drinkin' whusky is juist like middlin' wi' poother..it's no a playfair for fools an' bairns. 1931 J. T. S. Leask Peculiar People 138 Tak yer playfares an' rin awa but, bairns. 1950 New Shetlander No. 20. 26 Nae kirkyard by da sea for wis. Na, na; da sea itsel; doon i'da deep, maet for da fishes; swüpid among da tangles, da plaefer o' da undergro. 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