ahint

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English

Etymology

From Middle English at-hinden, from Old English æthindan (“behind, after”), equivalent to at- +‎ hind.

Adverb

ahint (not comparable)

  1. (UK dialectal) behind

Preposition

ahint

  1. (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.

Anagrams

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

a- +‎ hint

Pronunciation

Adverb

ahint (not comparable)

  1. (of place) behind, to the rear
  2. (of time) in the past, in one's past life
  3. (of time) at a later time, late, too late

Preposition

ahint

  1. (of place) behind
  2. (of time) later than, after, behind

Conjunction

ahint

  1. after (No evidence except for Abd)

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