English Explanatory Dictionary

eyen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of eye

Pronunciation

/aɪn/

Word forms

eyen eyn eyne een

Etymology

From Middle English eyen, iȝen (plural of eie, besides rarer eyes), from Old English ēagan (nominative plural of ēage), from Proto-West Germanic *augōn (nominative plural of *augā), from Proto-Germanic *augōnō (nominative plural of *augô); equivalent to eye + -en (plural ending)

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