# eie
## English
### Noun

eie (plural eies)
* Obsolete spelling of eye.
** 1878, Thomas Tusser, “Augusts Husbandrie”, in Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie. […], London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC; republished as W[illiam] Payne, Sidney J[ohn Hervon] Herrtage, editors, Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie. […], London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., […], 1878, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 129:Giue gloues to thy reapers, a larges to crie, / And dailie to loiterers haue a good eie.A reference to the historical practice of crying out (chiefly to a person of high standing on a special occasion) for a gift of money.
** c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:We ſay that Shores wife hath a prety foote, / A cherry lippe, a bonny eie, a paſſing pleaſing tongue: / And that the Queenes kindred are made gentlefolks.
** 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 42, lines 637–638:Under his ſpecial eie / Abſtemious I [Samson] grew up and thriv'd amain; / He led me on to mightieſt deeds / Above the nerve of mortal arm / Againſt the uncircumciſ'd, our enemies.

## Afrikaans
### Alternative forms

* eige (archaic)
* ye, yge (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Dutch eigen, from Middle Dutch eigen, from Old Dutch *eigan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈəi̯.ə/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

eie (attributive eie, not comparable)
* own (belonging to oneself)
    Jy het jou eie pen, jy hoef nie myne te gebruik nie.You have your own pen, you needn’t use mine.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English ēaġe, ēge, from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs.

#### Alternative forms

* yȝe, ye, yë, yghe, eye, eȝhe, eȝe, eighe, eyghe, eyȝe, iȝe

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛi̯(ə)/, /ˈiː(ə)/

#### Noun

eie (plural eien)
* An eye.
** c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:14, page 117v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:⁊ þe heed of him ⁊ his heeris weren whiyt as whiyt wolle .· ⁊ as ſnow / ⁊ þe iȝen of him as flawme of fier .·And his head and his hairs were white, like white wool or snow, and his eyes were like fire's flame.
** c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Nun's Priest's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 3168–3169:So mote I brouke wel myne eyen tweye / Saue ye I herde neuere man so synge.So might I have used well my two eyes / But for you, I've heard no man sing like that.
* (figuratively) A highly valued or regarded object.
* Vision, knowledge or perception.
* A hole, spot, or other object resembling an eye.

##### Descendants

* English: eye
** Sranan Tongo: ai
* Geordie English: ee, eye
* Scots: ee
* Yola: ieen, eein, eeen, een, ein, eyen (plural)

##### References

* “eie, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Old English eġe.

#### Noun

eie
* Alternative form of eye

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse eiga. Cognate with Danish eje, Swedish äga, Faroese eiga, Icelandic eiga, and English owe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæɪə/

### Verb

eie (imperative ei, present tense eier, passive eies, simple past eide or eiet or åtte, past participle eid or eiet or ått)
* to own (have rightful possession of)

#### Derived terms

* eier (noun)
* statseid

### Further reading

* “eie”, in: Bjorvand & Lindeman, Våre arveord, rev. ed. Oslo, 2007.
* “eie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.