Obs. Also 5 ȝeeene, ȝe(e)ne, yene, e(e)ne, yn. [app. f. next.] A young lamb, yeanling.
1408. Wycl. Bible, Ps. cxliii. 13 (MS. Fairf. 2). Þe sheep of hem ben wþ ȝeeene [v.rr. ȝene, ȝeene, ene, eene, yn]. Ibid., Isa. xl. 11. He shal bere sheep wiþ eene eþer wþ lombe [v.rr. yene, ene].
a. 1650. in J. E. T. Rogers, Hist. Agriculture & Prices (1887), V. 341. [Besides the general names of sheep, ewes, rams, wethers or muttons, and lambs, I find tups, tegs, yeans,… crones and hoggs].
