FromMiddle Englisheyren, alteration of earliereyre(“eggs”), fromOld Englishǣġru(“eggs”), plural ofǣġ(“egg”), equivalent toey +-ren. CompareDutcheieren(“eggs”),GermanEier(“eggs”).
eyren
Fromeyre(“eggs”) with a pleonastic addition of the plural suffix-en; comparecalveren,children,lambren.
eyren