ahint
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English at-hinden, from Old English æthindan (“behind, after”), equivalent to at- + hind.
Adverb[edit]
ahint (not comparable)
Preposition[edit]
ahint
- (UK dialectal) behind
- 1827, Allan's Tyneside Songs:
- ahint the coonter he sat i' the shop
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.
- 1827, Allan's Tyneside Songs:
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Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ahint (not comparable)
- (of place) behind, to the rear
- (of time) in the past, in one's past life
- (of time) at a later time, late, too late
Preposition[edit]
ahint
Conjunction[edit]
ahint
- after (No evidence except for Abd)
References[edit]
- “ahint, adv., pred. adj., prep. and conj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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