plevir

Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin plebio, from Frankish *plegan. More at English pledge.

Verb

plevir

to promise
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette':
  Si vuel que tu le me plevisses,
  Que tu ne fuies ne ganchisses
  I want you to swear to me
  that you won't flee or try to escape

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (plevir)

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