Eyr

And men seye in theise contrees, that philosophres som tyme wenten upon theise hilles, and helden to here nose a spounge moysted with watre, for to have eyr; for the eyr above was so drye. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And therfore it semethe wel, that theise hilles passen the clowdes and joynen to the pure eyr. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And there ben also in that contree manye camles, that is a lytille best as a goot, that is wylde and he lyvethe be the eyr, and etethe nought ne drynkethe nought at no tyme. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And for als moche as it ne reynethe not in that contree, but the eyr is alwey pure and cleer, therfore in that contree ben the gode astronomyeres; for thei fynde there no cloudes, to letten hem. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And the fowles of raveyne of alle the contree abouten knowen the custom of long tyme before, and comen fleenge aboyen in the eyr, as egles, gledes, ravenes and othere foules of raveyne, that eten flesche. ❋ Unknown (2004)

But alle be it that thei ben with outen perile, zit natheles ne ben thei not with outen drede, whan that thei seen the develes visibely and bodyly alle aboute hem, that maken fully dyverse assautes and manaces in eyr and in erthe, and agasten hem with strokes of thondre blastes and of tempestes. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And witethe wel, that in that contree and in othere yles there abouten, the see is to highe, that it semethe as though it henge at the clowdes, and that it wolde covere alle the world: and that is gret mervaylle, that it myghte be so, saf only the wille of God, that the eyr susteynethe it. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And therefore may no best lyve there; and so is the eyr drye. ❋ Unknown (2004)

[Excerpt] Soviet scientist (Svyatoslav Fedorov), creator of the new surgical procedure for the correction of myopia, has arrived in Havana to attend the official inauguration of the serial eyr microsurgery center in the Pando Ferrer Hospital. ❋ Unknown (1988)

Danish settlement just within the Spurn Point, the name being a compound of the raven of the Danish standard, and eyr or ore, meaning a narrow strip of land between two waters. ❋ Gordon Home (1923)

And in this same yere anon after Whitsonday, the justices of eyr saten at Hereford. ❋ Anonymous (1823)

[Sidenote: Hailstones grete:] [Sidenote: and foules were seyn berynge fyer in the eyr in there billes.] ❋ Anonymous (1823)