List of Old English Words in the OED/EY

Old English	sb	English
Eye	n	Circa. 1200, from Old Norse auga, Old English ege (Mercian), eage (West Saxon) "eye; region around the eye; apperture, hole," from Proto-Germanic *augon (cognates: Old Saxon aga, Old Frisian age, Swedish öga, Danish øie. Middle English eye, ee, from Old English ēaġe ‎(“eye”),(plural eyes or eyen (obsolete). 2. an organ through which animals see, the brow stones. 3. the visual sense; the sight path. 4. attention, notice, that pretty girl caught his eye. 5. the ability to notice what others might miss, 'as an eye for talent'. 6. a meaningful stare or look. 7. private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.  8. a hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed. 9.a fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line. 10. the relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm. 11. mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye. 12. the dark spot on a black-eyed pea. 13. the reproductive bud in a potato. 14. a loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc. — e.g. at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; through a crank; at the end of a rope; or through a millstone. 15. that which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.  16. tinge; shade of colour. 17. one of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
Eye	n	Egg from Mid-14c., egge, mostly in northern England dialect, from Old Norse egg. This Norse-derived northern word vied in Middle English with native cognates EYE, eai, eir, eyren (pl) from Old English æg, until finally displacing the others after c.1500.
Eye	vb	To observe carefully. 2. to view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document. 3. to look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing 4. (obsolete) to appear; to look.
Eye	phr	"All Eyes On (Something)" - everyone's attention is focused on something. 2. very attentive.
Eye	phr	"All in My Eye" - not true, humbug.
Eye	phr	"Apple of One's Eyes" - favorite person; one who is best loved
Eye	phr	"Be All Eyes" - to observe very closely. 2. give strict attention to.
Eye	phr	"Be An Eye Opener" - be a surprise.
Eye	phr	"Be Easy/Eathly on the Eye" - be visually attractive.
Eye	phr	"Be Eyewash" - be nonsense.
Eye	phr	"Before One's Eyes" - immediately in front of one. 2. in one's direct vision.
Eye	phr	"Be In the Eye of the Storm" - ve at the centre of a controversy.
Eye	phr	"By the Eye" - in abundance.
Eye	phr	"Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth" - the belief that if someone does something wrong, that person should be punished by having the same thing done to them.
Eye	phr	"Eye(s) of a Ship" - the foremost part in the bows of a ship.
Eye	phr	"Eye of the Needle" - the small gap in a needle, with just enough space for a thread to pass through
Eye	phr	"Eye of the Beholder" - that different people find different sights are pleasing or beautiful.
Eye	phr	"Eye of the Day" - Sun
Eye	phr	"Eye of Heaven" -Sun.
Eye	phr	"Eye of the Morning" - Sun.
Eye	phr	"Eye of the Night" - Star
Eye	phr	"Eye of the Storm" - a period of time when conditions are calm. However, this doesn't mean the storm is over; often worse weather is to come.
Eye	phr	"Eye Up" - to examine closely something coveted.
Eye	phr	"Eye and Up and Down" - view somebody with doubt and suspicion.
Eye	phr	"For Your Eyes Only" - that only one person is allowed to see.
Eye	phr	"Get One Eye In" - become familiar with a situation.
Eye	phr	"Give One's Tooth for" - a person would very much like to achieve some objective.
Eye	phr	"Give Somebody the Evil Eye" - give somebody a threatening, malicious look.
Eye	phr	"Give Somebody the Glad Eye" - flirt with somebody.
Eye	phr	"Half an Eye" - having very imperfect sight; a careless glance.
Eye	phr	"Hang On By The Eyelids" - to have only a slender hold.
Eye	phr	"Have a Drop in One's Eyes" - to be slightly intoxicated.
Eye	phr	"Have a Good Eye for" - be a good judge of some one's qualities.
Eye	phr	"Have an Eye to" - to pay particular attention, regard to, to watch closely.
Eye	phr	"Have Eyes Greater than One's Belly" - greedy.
Eye	phr	"Have Eyes for" - be interested in. 2. wish to acquire.
Eye	phr	"Have Eyes in the Back of One' Head" - be aware of something one should apparently not know about.
Eye	phr	"Have One's Eyes about One" - be alert, watchful.
Eye	phr	"Have One's Eyes Opened" - to be made aware of something important. 2. to stare with astonishment.
Eye	phr	"Have Stars in One's Eyes" - for emotional rather than rational reason be ecstatic.
Eye	phr	'Hit Right Between the Eyes" - be brutally frank.
Eye	phr	"Hit the Bull's Eyes" - make the correct decision.
Eye	phr	"In One's Mind Eye" - using a vivid imagination.
Eye	phr	"In Someone's Eyes" - in one's imagination.
Eye	phr	"In the Blink of an Eye" - instantly, in a second.
Eye	phr	"In the Eye of the Wind" - a direction opposed to the wind.
Eye	phr	"In the Eyes Of" - in the point of view of the community, church, law.
Eye	phr	"In the Twinkling of an Eye" - immediately, quickly.
Eye	phr	"Keep an Eye On" - fig. to watch someone or something. 2. keep a close watch on.
Eye	phr	"Keep an Eye Open" - to remain alert, or on the look out for, to things happened about you.
Eye	phr	"Keep a Weather Eye Open/out for" - to stay alert to weather conditions, esp. changes without it fully occupying your full attention.
Eye	phr	"Keep One's Eyes In" - remain in form, practice.
Eye	phr	"Lay an eye On" - to have sight of.
Eye	phr	"Make Eyes At" - look amorously or flirtatiously at. 2. make appealing glances at; ogle.
Eye	phr	"Meet Somebody's Eyes" - look at somebody face to face.
Eye	phr	"More Than Meets the Eye" - more than i simmediately obvious.
Eye	phr	"Mote In Someone's Eye" - a fault in another person which is trifling in comparison to an unrecognized major fault in oneself.
Eye	phr	"My Eyes Draw Straws" - I am, or I feel, sleepy.
Eye	phr	"Not All Are Asleep Who have their Eyes Shut" - many people lack awareness and mental alertness.
Eye	phr	"Not to Believe One's Eyes" - doubt the credibility of something unusual.
Eye	phr	"One in the Eye for" - a disappointment, rejection or setback.
Eye	phr	"Open Someone's Eyes" - alert another person to the truth of something.
Eye	phr	"Pipe An Eye at" - to weep.
Eye	phr	"Pull the Wool Over Someone's Eyes" - to deceive or deliberately mislead another person.
Eye	phr	"Put One's Eyes Together" - to go to sleep.
Eye	phr	"Raise One's Eyes" - loop upwards; often surreptitiously.
Eye	phr	"Run an Eye Over" - look at superficially, quickly.
Eye	phr	"See Eye to Eye" - be in full agreement.
Eye	phr	"See (Something) with Only Half an Eye open" - sum up a matter instantly. 2. see something that is obvious.
Eye	phr	"See With One's Eyes Shut" - easily, with little effort; as 'do with one's eyes shut'.
Eye	phr	"See With One's Own Eyes" - witness personally.
Eye	phr	"Shut One's Eyes to Something" - to deliberately take no notice of something, especially in dereliction of one's duty.
Eye	phr	'Sight for Sore Eyes" - to be something welcome.
Eye	phr	"The Eyes Are a Windor to the Soul" - The eyes really are a window to the soul, according to scientists. Patterns in the iris can give an indication of whether we are warm and trusting or neurotic and impulsive, research has found.
Eye	phr	"Through the Eyes of" - from somebody else's viewpoint.
Eye	phr	"Throw Dust in Somebody's Eyes" - to deceive a person by presenting inaccurate or misleading information.
Eye	phr	"Turn a Blind Eye (to Something)" - pretend something obvious does not exist.
Eye	phr	"Up to One's Eyes In" - mortgaged, in deep debt. 2. deeply engaged or involved in; very busy.
Eye	phr	"Wipe One's Eye" - take the conceit out of.
Eye	phr	"With an Eye Towards (Doing Something)" - with an intention that something particular be done. 2. with an eventual aim.
Eye	phr	"With One's Eye On" - directing one's attention partly to.
Eye	phr	"With One's Eyes Wide Open" - fully conscious of the ramifications or consequences..
Eye-bath	n	A small glass or vessel for applying lotion.
Eye beam	n	A glance of an eye.
Eye-black	n	Mascara.
Eye blink	vb	A blink. 2. a second (in time).
Eye-bree	n	Eyelash
Eyebright	adj	Clear and alertness of eye.
Eye brow	n	Eyebrow: the arch of hair above each eye; eyebrow, brow, supercilium. 2. the brow or hairy arch above the eye
Eye-browed	adj	Having eyebrows.
Eye-browless	adj	Without eyebrows
Eye-browlike	adj	Like or resembling an eyebrow.
Eyecare	n	Care and treatment of the eye.
Eyed	adj	Having eyes; having eye like spots. 2. having a specific kind or number of eyes
Eyeful	n	A long steady look. 2. visually striking person or thing. 3. anything thrown or blown into the eye.
Eyedness	n	The quality of having a dominant eye - one eye used more tahn the other. 2. the state or quality of having a particular type of eye or eyes.
Eye door	n	Window.; windor; eyethirl.
Eye-glass	n	A lens for correcting or assisting defective sight. 2. a pair of spectacles held in the hand or kept in position on the nose by means of a frame. 4. a small glass vessel for applying lotion etc to the eye.
Eyehole	n	Eye socket. 2. window; eyethurl; windor. 3. a hole to look through.
Eyelash	n	'Lash' not OE., see 'eyebree'.
Eyeless	adj	Having no eyes. 2. having no sight; blind.
Eyelessness	n	A lack of eyes or organ of sight.
Eyelest	adj	Aweless, fearfulness
Eyelid	n	A thin skinned membrane that covers and moves over it.
Eyelidded	adj	Having eyelids (often of a specific kind).
Eyelift	n	A plastic surgery procedure of the eyes for cosmetic reasons.
Eyelike	adj	Like or resembling an eye.
Eye-liner	n	A cosmetic applied as a line round the eye.
Eyely	adj	Visible or apparent to the eye. 2. evident, obvious.
Eyely	adv	Obviously, evidently, apparently.
Eye-minded	adj	Disposed to perceive one's environment in visual terms and to recall sights more vividly than sounds.
Eye-mindedness	n	The condition of being eye-minded.
Eye-opener	n	An experience or event that reveals, enlightens, or informs; something that causes learning, revelation, realization, or increased awareness. 2. an alcoholic beverage consumed first thing in the morning. A euphemism used by those offering or consuming alcohol in the morning.
Eye-opening	adj	Causing one suddenly to learn or understand what was not previously known; as, an eye-opening look into the fraudulent behaviour of the local reverend.
Eyer	n	One who eyes and looks at another.
Eye rain	n	Tears.
Eye reach	n	The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot.
Eye ring	n	A coloured circle around the eye of a bird. 2. a disclouring around the eyes of a person.
Eyeshade	n	A type of headgear for shielding the eyes from glaring light, usually consisting of a visor and a headband, more popular among indoor workers in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries than today. 2. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes. 3. a cosmetic product which may be applied to the upper eyelid and to the area near the eye to change skin coloration.
Eye shadow	n	A make-up that is applied to the eyelids, and below the eyes to give a darker complexion there.
Eye shield	n	A shield attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards; a blinder. 2. something worn to shield the eyes, esp. a visor.
Eyesight	n	Vision or faculty of sight. 2. view or range of vision.
Eyeshot	n	Range of the eye, seeing distance, view
Eyeslit	n	A slit for looking through a castle wall or helmet.
Eyesome	adj	Pleasant to the eye, fetching, beautiful
Eyes-only	adj	Espionage of documents, meant to be read, and not discussed by the named recipients; classified. see: ('ears-only')
Eye sore	n	Visually offensive or ugly thing, esp. a building.
Eye spot	n	An eye-like marking on the tail of a peacock, or on the wings of the butterfly or moth.
Eye-spotted	adj	Marked with eyespots like a peacock's tail or the wings og a butterfly or moth.
Eyestone	n	Eye-agate, a mineral.
Eye string	n	The tendon by which the eye is moved.
Eye-sweep	n	A survey or look around and about with the eye.
Eyethurl	n	Window; eye-door, eye-hole; eye-tril
Eye tooth	n	Canine tooth of the upper of the upper jaw.
Eye wall	n	A ring of towering thunderstorm where the most severe weather of a cyclone occurs.
Eyewash	n	A soothing, medicated lotion for the eyes. 2. nonsense, flattery, pretentiousness. 3. a means of creating a deceptive impression of something or someone for appearance only.
Eyewater	n	Tear(s). 2. eye lotion.
Eyeware	n	Manufactured articles of, or , for the eye collectively.
Eyewear	n	A vision aid or similar device worn over the eyes, such as eyeglasses, contact lenses or ptrotectived googles.
Eye-witness	n	Someone who sees an event or incident and report or testify about it.
Eyewitness	vb	To be present at an event or incident, and to see it.
Eyewitness	phr	"One Eyewitness Is Better than Two Hear-so's" - seeing is believing or proof.
Eye worm	n	A penatode, Loa Loa parasitic on humans and other primates in Central and West Africa.
Eye-worship	n	Adoration with the eye (only), but not any practical way.
Eye-wright	n	One who cures eyes. 2. ophthalmologist, oculist.
Eyey	adj	Full of eyes.
Eyot	n	A little island, esp. in a river or lake.
Eyoty	adj	Like, resembling or pertaining to a small island or isle.
Eyren	n	Egg from Mid-14c., egge, mostly in northern England dialect, from Old Norse egg. This Norse-derived northern word vied in Middle English with native cognates eye, eai, eir, eyren (pl) from Old English æg, until finally displacing the others after c.1500.
Eythe	n	A harrow