@PolRobuk @brightsider123 @timfarron c.1200, literally "wind eye," from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr "wind"(see wind (n.1)) + auga "eye"(from PIE root *okw- "to see"). Replaced Old English eagþyrl, literally "eye-hole," and eagduru, literally "eye-door."

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