† ˈeyethurl Obs.
[f. eye n.1 + thurl.]
An eye-hole, a window; also pl. the eye-windows.
| c 890 K. ælfred Bæda iv. iii. ¶3 Ða ontynde se bisceop ðæt eaᵹh-þyrl ðære cyricean. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 83 Þe sunne scineð þurh þe glesne ehþurl. a 1225 St. Marher. 8 Heo þa..biheolden þurh an eyþurl as heo bed hire beoden. a 1225 Ancr. R. 62 Þurh eie þurles deað haueð hire inȝong into þe soule. Ibid. 70 Nout one our earen, auh ower eie þurles tuneð aȝein idel speche. |