Save Gender Masculine Usage Anglo-Saxon Pronounced Pron. /ˈplej.ˌmund/(Old English) [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsPlegemund, Plegmundus, Pleymund Meaning & History Derived from the Old English elements pleġa "playing, game" and mund "protection". This was the name of a 9th and 10th Century Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury.