Ayont

adv, prep

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Beyond. Northern-England, Scotland, not-comparable
Preposition
  1. 1
    Beyond. Northern-England, Scotland

    "How he escaped a broken neck in that dreadful place no human being will ever ken. The sweat, he has told me, stood in cold drops upon his forehead; he scarcely was aware of the saddle in which he sat, and his eyes were stelled in his head so that he saw nothing but the sky ayont him."

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beyondbeyondbeyond

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"How he escaped a broken neck in that dreadful place no human being will ever ken. The sweat, he has told me, stood in cold drops upon his forehead; he scarcely was aware of the saddle in which he sat, and his eyes were stelled in his head so that he saw nothing but the sky ayont him."

Etymology

From a- + yond.

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