yance

English

Etymology

From yan, itself from the Old English ān.

Adverb

yance (not comparable)

1. (dialect, Northern English dialect) once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly)

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:once

References

• [2004], Griffiths, Bill, A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN, page 191:
• [1997], Leith, Dick, A Social History of English, Routledge, →ISBN, 9780415097970, page 45:

Scots

Adverb

yance (not comparable)

1. Southern Scots form of ance

References

• “yance, adv., conj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.