ayont

British  

/ əˈjɒnt /

adverb

1. beyond

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Etymology

Origin of ayont

a, from Old English an on + yont _yon

Example Sentences

Another of his distinctions is great dexterity in playing the violin, his favourite pieces being "The Scalloway Lasses" and "The Auld Wife ayont the Fire."

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

John Grierson of the Hope recited what they called "lang skelps o' metre," a sort of homely rhymes, that some of them pronounced to be "far ayont Burns's fit."

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

It was our evening sacrifice, and whilst the sun was sinking ayont the Pentlands.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

She followed the steps of the night, on its pathway of stars, far into the "wee sma' hours ayont the twal'."

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

See ye the corn-rigs up ayont us there, on the Duchrae Hill—the hand of God is in the sweet springing of them, when the sun shines upon them after rain.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)