keyen
Middle English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English cǣġan, plural of cǣġe, variant of cǣġ; equivalent to keye + -en (plural suffix).
Noun
editkeyen
Yola
editNoun
editkeyen
- 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
edit- 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