The story
- Middle English · inherited fromeyles
- English todayeyeless
From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye + -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (“eyeless”), Dutch oogloos (“eyeless”), German augenlos (“eyeless”), Swedish ögalös (“eyeless”), Icelandic augnalaus (“eyeless”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.