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Ageym

//əˈjɛm// prep

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Preposition
  1. 1
    Opposite to; in opposition to; contrary to. Geordie, Northern-England

    "...Ah'm agyem this sortathing..."

Etymology

From Old English ongegn (“towards, opposite, against”), equivalent to a- + gyem (dialectal phonological development of "again/again’st"). Preserved in Northern English and Geordie dialects as agyem, reflecting regional vowel shifts and consonant changes.

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