Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English plural of egg.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural See ey, an egg.

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  • noun obsolete Plural form of ey.

Etymologies

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From Middle English, alteration of earlier eyre ("eggs"), from Old English ǣġru ("eggs"), plural of ǣġ ("egg"), equivalent to ey +‎ -ren.

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  • scrambled 'eggs' to modern English speakers

    June 26, 2010