† plitch, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 *plycc(e)an, 5 plycche. pa. tense 4 plight(t)e, (pleightte), 5 plyȝte, plyghte. pa. pple. 4 plyȝt, 5 plight, 6 plyghte.
[OE. 2 sing. subj. and imper. plyce, plice, irreg. forms from *plycc(e)an:—WGer. type *plukkja- pluck (whence also Du. plucken, LG. plücken, MHG., Ger. pflücken): see pluck v.]
trans. To pluck, pull, snatch.
| ? a 1000 in Techmer's Intern. Zeitschr. Sprachw. (1885) II. 122 Ðonne þu setræᵹel habban wille, þonne plice þu ðine aᵹene ᵹeweda mid twam fingrum. Ibid. 127 Þæt þu strece forð þin wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þinre wynstran hande. 13.. Guy Warw. (A.) 2401 His swerd of stiel he haþ up pliȝt. c 1320 R. Brunne Medit. 626 Fersly here swete sone ys from her plyȝt. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus ii. 1071 (1120) He seyd here þus and out þe lettre plighte. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 3029 He..plyȝte him of is sadel with mayn. c 1386 Chaucer Man of Law's Prol. 15 And sodeynly he plighte his hors aboute. |
Hence † ˈplitching vbl. n., plucking, carping.
| c 1440 Jacob's Well 294 Þe synnes of þi mowth arn..plycchyng at loue & charyte. |