eie

See also: Eie and -eie

English

Noun

eie (plural eies)

1. 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^(key): /ˈəi̯.ə/

• Audio:

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Adjective

eie (attributive eie, not comparable)

1. 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

Noun

eie

1. alternative form of eye (“eye”)

Etymology 2

Noun

eie

1. alternative form of eye (“fear”)

Middle Scots

Noun

eie

1. alternative form of ee (“eye”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɪə/

Verb

eie (imperative ei, present tense eier, passive eies, simple past eide or eiet or åtte, past participle eid or eiet or ått)

1. 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.