See also: een, Een, -een, eên, -éen, and één

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /iːn/
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  • Rhymes: -iːn

Contraction edit

e'en

  1. (poetic, archaic) contraction of poetic/ archaic even

Usage notes edit

  • In poetry, used especially for the sake of metre.

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Etymology edit

From Middle English even, from Old English efn, from Proto-West Germanic *ebn.

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e'en

  1. even
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 4-6:
      Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye, arent whilke ye brine o'zea an ye craggès o'noghanes cazed nae balke.
      Your fame for such came before you even into this retired spot, to which neither the waters of the sea below nor the mountains above caused any impediment.

References edit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 116