▪ I. † yei, n. Obs.
[f. yeie v.]
A cry, wail.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 306 Mid tisse schulen þe uorlorene worpen a swuch ȝeor [MS. T. ȝur, MS. C. ȝei] þet heouene & eorðe muwen beoðe grisliche agrisen. |
▪ II. yei
obs. form of eye n.1
| 1553 Respublica ii. ii, I praie god she bee blynde: I am haulf afraide leste she have an yei behynde. |
▪ III. yei
obs. graphic variant of they.