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English
Pronunciation
Contraction
e'en
- (poetic, archaic) contraction of poetic/ archaic even
Usage notes
- In poetry, used especially for the sake of metre.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English even, from Old English efn, from Proto-West Germanic *ebn.
Pronunciation
Adverb
e'en
- even
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 4-6:Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye, arent whilke ye brine o'zea an ye craggès o'noghanes cazed nae balke.- Your fame for such came before you even into this retired spot, to which neither the waters of the sea below nor the mountains above caused any impediment.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116