Meanings
- obsoletepluralplural of ey (“egg”)
Origin
- Old Englishǣġru“eggs”
- Middle Englisheyren
- Englisheyren
From Middle English eyren, alteration of earlier eyre (“eggs”), from Old English ǣġru (“eggs”), plural of ǣġ (“egg”), equivalent to ey + -ren. Compare Dutch eieren (“eggs”), German Eier (“eggs”).
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eyren. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyren
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