"ee" meaning in Scots

See ee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /i/ Forms: een [plural], eh [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle Scots ee, eye, from Early Scots e, from Old English ēġe, from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sco|gmw-msc|ee|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Scots ee, {{inh+|sco|gmw-msc|ee}} Inherited from Middle Scots ee, {{inh|sco|enm-esc|e}} Early Scots e, {{inh|sco|ang|ēġe}} Old English ēġe, {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*augā}} Proto-West Germanic *augā, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*augô}} Proto-Germanic *augô, {{inh|sco|ine-pro|*h₃ókʷs}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|een|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} ee (plural een), {{sco-noun|een}} ee (plural een)
  1. eye
    Sense id: en-ee-sco-noun-R8IVtfcO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Numeral

Head templates: {{head|sco|numeral}} ee
  1. Shetland form of ae (“one”) Tags: Shetland, alt-of Alternative form of: ae (extra: one) Related terms: ye, yow, yow yins
    Sense id: en-ee-sco-num--GUixmcv Categories (other): Shetland Scots, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 0 92 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Pronoun

Etymology: From Old English ġē. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|ang|ġē}} Old English ġē Head templates: {{head|sco|pronoun|personal, non-emphatic}} ee (personal, non-emphatic), {{sco-pron|desc=personal, non-emphatic}} ee (personal, non-emphatic)
  1. (Southern Scots) you Tags: Southern-Scots, personal, unemphatic
    Sense id: en-ee-sco-pron-uwNHpGjZ Categories (other): Southern Scots, Scots pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1789, Robert Burns, Willie Brew'd A Peck O' Maut:",
          "text": "We are na fou, we're nae that fou, / But just a drappie in our ee",
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  "forms": [
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          "ref": "1789, Robert Burns, Willie Brew'd A Peck O' Maut:",
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