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Etymology
From Middle English eien, plural of eie, from Old English ēagan, plural of ēage.
Noun
eyne
- (archaic) plural of eye
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. (First Quarto), London: for Thomas Fisher, , published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:To vvhat, my loue, ſhall I compare thine eyne? / Chriſtall is muddy.
2013, Farrukh Ahmad, translated by Yasmin Faruque, “The Celestial Captain”, in The Sailor of the Seven Seas, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 15:A night as dense as honey, peaceful, dreamy and enticing / Bringing to thine eyne tears of deep emotion / The weary she-parrot slumbers / As does the fading narcissus; […]
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