aboon
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English abone, abowne, from abuven, from Old English abūfan (“above”).[1]
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editaboon
Adverb
editaboon (not comparable)
- (Scotland, British, Cheshire dialect) Above.[2]
- 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:
- The ceiling fair that rose aboon.
Adjective
editaboon (not comparable)
- (Scotland, British dialect) Above.
- 1730, Allan Ramsay, “[Act II, Scene IV]”, in The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots Paſtoral-Comedy, page 23:
- The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall ceaſe;
The Gaits to clim-----the Sheep to yield the Fleece,
Ere ought by me be either ſaid or done,
Shall do thee Wrang, I ſwear by all aboon.
- 1871, James Ballantine, “We'll A' Meet Aboon”, in Lilias Lee and Other Poems, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 180:
- We'll a' meet aboon! We'll a' meet aboon!
Oh what a blithe meeting yon meeting aboon!
Noun
editaboon (uncountable)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4
- ^ Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 2
Anagrams
editScots
editPreposition
editaboon
Adverb
editaboon
References
edit- “aboon, adv., prep.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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