laykyng

n. (vbl. n.)

'playing' (Modern English laking)

Etymology

Formed on layke.

PGmc Ancestor

*laikan-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

leika ‘to play, perform, move, delude’
(ONP leika (3) (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far, Icel, Norw leika, Dan leke, Sw leka

OE Cognate

lācan (v.) 'to move up and down, leap, swing, play, delude'

Phonological and morphological markers

ON /ei/ < PGmc */ai/

Summary category

A1*c

Attestation

Only a few texts c1390-1425 (Gaw, PConsc., Ld.Troy)

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 472

Bibliography

MED leiking (ger.) , OED laking (n.1) , HTOED