anes

American  

[eyns] / eɪns /

adverb

Chiefly Scot.

1. once.

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Etymology

Origin of anes

Middle English, Old English, equivalent to ān one + -es adv. genitive suffix

Example Sentences

This diverted the women folk, and exercised the little anes, wha were thus prepared for the hardships o' the wild life that they afterwards led.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various

For ye will be in five or six different anes afore that time.

From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James

Nor scorn, ye frozen anes, the powers Whilk hinder other hearts to fa' Into a sordid sink—like yours— But bless the Bard of Alloa.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

Sae we drave oor ain kye hame, my lady," he said, "and aiblins some orra anes that was na oor ain.

From The Gold Of Fairnilee by Lang, Andrew

It's the anes you see in books—a' shapes an' sizes, ye know.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.