noun
ey
ay
noun
1
An old English word for "egg," now obsolete outside dialect or historical use.
"Old recipes sometimes call for an "ey" where modern English would say "egg.""
pron
1
A gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun (one of the "Spivak pronouns"), used instead of he or she.
"Ey said ey would be arriving around noon."
How to Use Ey
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn archaic word for egg, or (in a completely different modern use) a gender-neutral pronoun.
When to use it
The "egg" sense is archaic/dialectal; the pronoun sense is a modern, niche usage.
Word Forms
eir adjective, eirs noun form, eyren plural, eys plural
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Etymology
From Old English ǣg ("egg"), the native English ancestor of "egg" — the word was eventually replaced by the Old Norse-derived "egg" around the 16th century.