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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English ēaġe.
Pronunciation
Noun
yë (plural yën)
- Alternative form of eie
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 9-10:
[...] And smale fowles maken melodye,
That slepen al the night with open yë, [...]- And small fowls make melody,
Those that sleep all the night with open eyes,
Usage notes
- In original manuscripts, this was written ye; the addition of the dieresis is a notation from much more recent editions of Middle English works to distinguish it from the pronoun ye.