ayont
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of ayont
a, from Old English an on + yont yon
Example Sentences
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In front of a tavern, ayont yonder, a horse was whinneying as I came up.
From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson
All the country from ayont Cupar, and many reformed and godly persons even from Dundee and Perth, were gathered into the city to hear the trial of Master Walter Mill.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
Then he lifted his chair, and placed it before the open door, saying emphatically as he did so— Lands may be fair ayont the sea, But Scotland’s hills and lochs for me!
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Some half-a-score of healthy lads and lasses occupied the bench ayont the fire, o'er-canopied by sheep-skins, aprons, stockings, and footless hose.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
"I am gaing awa, Jeanie, I am gaing awa, I am gaing ayont the saut seas, I'm gaing sae far awa."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
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