ahint

adv, prep — 2 senses

ahint

adv

Etymology From Middle English at-hinden, from Old English æthindan (“behind, after”), equivalent to at- + hind.

1

UK, Dialectal behind

ahint

prep

Etymology From Middle English at-hinden, from Old English æthindan (“behind, after”), equivalent to at- + hind.

1

UK, Dialectal behind

  • ahint the coonter he sat i' the shop1827, Allan's Tyneside Songs
  • But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

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