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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English cǣġan, plural of cǣġe, variant of cǣġ; equivalent to keye + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
keyen
- plural of keye (“key”)
Yola
Noun
keyen
- Alternative form of keeine
1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:"keyen", "pizzen", "ein".- "kine", "peas", "eyes".
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 133