eyen

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eyen

  • /aɪn/

Sounds like Ayn · Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

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)

noun eyn · eyne · een

  1. archaic, dialectal, plural plural of eye While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen.

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"eyen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eyen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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eyen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eyen

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"eyen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eyen.

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@misc{eyen_2026,
  title = {eyen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eyen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}