e'en

• IPA^(key): /iːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

e'en

1. (poetic, archaic) contraction of poetic/ archaic even

• In poetry, used especially for the sake of metre.

• Hallowe'en

• -ene, ENE, Nee, nee, née

From Middle English even, from Old English efn, from Proto-West Germanic *ebn.

e'en

1. even
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 4:

     Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye,

     Your fame for such came before you even into this retired spot,

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 116