戯たわむる

nidan verb (lower class) with 'ru' ending (archaic), intransitive verb

to be playful; to frolic; to joke

Archaic intransitive verb (Nidan lower class). In modern Japanese, this meaning is expressed by 戯れる (たわむれる). Cross-referenced with 戯れる sense 1.

See also: 戯れる

• 古こ語ごでは「戯たわむる」と書かいて「たわむる」と読よむ。

  In classical Japanese, 戯る is written and read as たわむる.

• 「戯たわむる」は、現げん代だい語ごの「戯たわむれる」に相そう当とうする古ふるい動どう詞しである。

  戯る is an old verb that corresponds to the modern 戯れる.