-ey

¹ American  

1. variant of -y, especially after y: clayey.

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-ey ² American  

1. variant of -y, especially after y.

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-ey British  

suffix

1. a variant of -y 1 -y 2

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Example Sentences

Put not thy mete yn þey salt seleyr l.

From Early English Meals and Manners by Furnivall, Frederick James

It begins, “This is a mirrour of bloodletynge in þe weche þey þt wolen beholden it diligently,” etc.

From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair

Wyþ vte wysdome     is weole wel vnwurþ. for þey o mon ahte.     huntseuenti Acres.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

Sho was adrad, for he so þrette, 1164 And durste nouth þe spusing lette, But þey hire likede swiþe ille, She consents, thinking it is God’s will.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown