eyren

• “And then at last another said, that he would have "eyren"; then the goodwife said that she understood him well.”

  Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations

• “And there is a comoun hows in that cytee, that is alle fulle of smale furneys; and thidre bryngen wommen of the toun here eyren 73 of hennes, of gees and of dokes, for to ben put in to tho furneyses.”

  The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville

• “And there is a common house in that city that is all full of small furnaces, and thither bring women of the town their eyren of hens, of geese, and or ducks for to be put into those furnaces.”

  The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

• “And there is a comoun hows in that cytee, that is alle fulle of smale furneys; and thidre bryngen wommen of the toun here eyren 519 of hennes, of gees and of dokes, for to ben put in to tho furneyses.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

• “And then at last another said he would have eyren, then the good wife said she understood him well.”

  History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540

• “N. Foreland in Kent asked for eggs, and the good wyf answerede, that she coude speak no Frenshe -- another sayd, that he wolde have _eyren_, then the good wyf sayd that she understood hym wel. ”

  The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390

• “Nym eyren wyth al the wyte and myse bred and schepys [2] talwe as gret as dyses [3] grynd peper and safroun and cast therto and do hit in the schepis wombe seth it wel and dresse it forthe of brode leches thynne.”

  The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390

• “Lo, what should a man in these days now write, eggs or eyren?”

  Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations

• “Those edible things that come out of chickens were "egges" in the northern part of England and "eyren" in the southern.”

  NYT > Home Page

• “And there is a comoun hows in that cytee, that is alle fulle of smale furneys; and thidre bryngen wommen of the toun here eyren [Footnote: Eggs.] of hennes, of gees and of dokes, for to ben put in to tho furneyses.”

  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I

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