eynen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ehnen (AB language)

Etymology

A continuation of forms of Old English ēage (“eye”) such as ēagenes (genitive singular), ēagenum (dative plural) where pleonastic case endings have been added to ēagan; in Middle English times rebuilt or reinterpreted as eyen (“eyes”) +‎ -en (plural suffix). See eyen for forms such as eyne where this rebuilding has not occured.

Noun

eynen

1. (Norfolk, West Midland) plural of eye (“eye”)

   Synonyms: eyen, (late, uncommon) eyes