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ahint en · ADP

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal) behind
    • 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. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
    • ahint the coonter he sat i' the shop 1827, Allan's Tyneside Songs

ahint en · ADV

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal, not-comparable) behind