abeigh

Scots edit

Alternative forms edit

abigh, abiegh, abieght

Etymology edit

Probably from a- (“in a state or condition”) + Old Norse beigr, beygr (“fear”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /əˈbiç/

Adverb edit

abeigh

aloof, aside, away, apart from others. [Mid 16^th century.]^[1]

References edit

“abeigh, adv.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abeigh”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

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