aboon
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English abone, abowne, from abuven, from Old English abūfan (“above”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
aboon
- (Scotland, British dialectal) Above.
- 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough.
Adverb edit
aboon (not comparable)
- (Scotland, British, Cheshire dialect) Above.[2]
- 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:
- The ceiling fair that rose aboon.
Adjective edit
aboon (not comparable)
Noun edit
aboon (uncountable)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4
- ^ Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 2
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Preposition edit
aboon
Adverb edit
aboon
References edit
- “aboon, adv., prep.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.