keyen
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English cǣġan, plural of cǣġe, variant of cǣġ; equivalent to keye + -en (plural suffix).
Noun[edit]
keyen
Yola[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[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