leikenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Old Norse leika. Compare 古期英語 lācan and English lake (“to play”, obsolete).

動詞

leiken (third-person singular simple present leiketh, present participle leikende, leikynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle leiked)

1. To engage in a game or contest, to sport; to trifle; to play (with someone or something)
2. To take pleasure (in something), delight (to do something); to play (a game with someone).
   1. (reflexive) To amuse oneself, enjoy oneself, play.
3. To be in a battle or contest; to fight (with someone); engage in a duel with someone.
4. To engage in amorous dalliance, make love, have sexual intercourse.
   1. (reflexive) To have sexual relations (with someone).
5. To trick, beguile; (with wiþ) to deceive, betray.
6. To go quickly.

Conjugation

参照

• “leiken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.