yeyen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === ȝeȝen, yeye geihen, ȝeien, ȝeiȝen (Early Middle English) ȝee (Northern) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English ġēġan, from Proto-West Germanic *gauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *gawjaną. === Pronunciation === (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈjeːjən/ (non-Northern) IPA(key): /ˈjei̯ən/ (earlier), /ˈjiːən/ (later) (Northern) IPA(key): /jei̯/ (earlier), /jeː/ (later) === Verb === yeyen (third-person singular simple present yeyeth, present participle yeyinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle yeyed) (especially Early Middle English) (intransitive) To wail or cry; to shout in mockery, rage or sorrow. (transitive) To wail or cry (an utterance) (transitive, rare) To hawk or peddle (a good) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== References ==== “yeien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “yeie, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.