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a' en · ADP · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, archaic) Alternative form of a (“in”).
   alt of a
   • SIL. What, a' God's name, could come into the heads Of this people to make them rebel? ERN. Why, religion; that came into their heads A' God's name. GER. But what a devil made the noblemen Rebel? they never mind religion. 1661, Samuel Tuke, "The Adventures of Five Hours", in 1876, Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt, A Select Collection of Old English Plays, page 217