one-eyed

From Middle English ooneyed, on-eied, on-eiȝed, from Old English ānēġed (“one-eyed”), from Proto-Germanic *ainaugidaz, equivalent to one +‎ eyed. Compare Old English ānēġe, ānīġġe, ǣnīġġe (“one-eyed”), Scots ane-eit, aan eet (“one-eyed”), Saterland Frisian eenooged (“one-eyed”), West Frisian ieneagich (“one-eyed”), Dutch eenogig (“one-eyed”), German einäugig (“one-eyed”), Danish enøjede (“one-eyed”), Swedish enögd (“one-eyed”), Icelandic ein-eygður, ein-eygur (“one-eyed”).

one-eyed (not comparable)

1. Having only a single eye, particularly when a higher number is normal.

• in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king