eyen

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English eyen, from Old English ēagan, nominative and accusative plural of Old English ēage (“eye”), equivalent to eye +‎ -en.

Noun

eyen

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) plural of eye
    • Spenser, The Fairie Queen
      While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen.
    • 1897, William Morris, “Chapter VII. Birdalone Hath an Adventure in the Wood”, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles (Fantasy), Project Gutenberg, published 2005:
      But well are thine eyen set in thy head, wide apart, well opened, […]

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

eyen

  1. Alternative form of eien
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