ayont

English

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Etymology

From a- +‎ yond.

Adverb

ayont (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Beyond.

Preposition

ayont

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Beyond.
    • 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 485:
      Ayont the windows in the waning of the afternoon, Chris could see the frozen glister of night on the Grampians […].

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