An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 20

_inhaerere_, to cleave, or stick fast in, or to, is therefore the more probable origin.

ANIEST, _adv._ or _prep._ On this side of, Ayrs.; q. "on the nearest side." This is opposed to _Adist_, _adiest_, on that side.

A. S. on _neawiste_, in vicinia, prope ad; or _on_ and _neahst_ proximus, from _neah_ near, E. _nigh_.

ANYD, _pret._ Agreed.

V. ~Ane~, _v._

ANYNG, _s._ Agreement, concord.

_Wyntown._

ANIS, ANYS, AINS, _adv._ Once; p.r.o.n. as _ainze_, or _yince_, S. _eenze_, S. B.

_Douglas._

The genit. of A. S. _an_, unus, one, _anes_ unius, also rendered semel, q. actio unius temporis.

ANIS, ANNIS, _s. pl._

1. a.s.ses.

_Chron. S. P._

2. Metaphor used for foolish fellows.

_Bannatyne P._

Fr. _asne_, Lat. _asinus_; Su. G. _asna_, Isl. _esne_.

ANYS, the genitive of _Ane_, one.

V. ~Anis~.

ANKER-SAIDELL, HANKERSAIDLE, _s._ A hermit, an anchorite.

_Philotus._

A. S. _ancer-setle_, an anchorite's cell or seat, a hermitage; from _ancer_, a hermit, Lat. _anach.o.r.eta_, Gr. a?a????t??.

ANKERSTOCK, _s._ A large loaf, of an oblong form. The name is extended to a wheaten loaf, but properly belongs to one made of rye, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

Q. an _anchorite's_ stock, or supply; or from some fancied resemblance to the _stock_ of an _anchor_.

ANLAS, _s._ Properly "a kind of knife or dagger usually worn at the girdle," as the term occurs in Chaucer; but used to denote a pike fixed in the cheveron of a horse.

_Sir Gawan._

Franc. _anelaz_, _a.n.a.leze_, adlaterale telum, from _lez_ latus, the side; C. B. _anglas_, a dagger; L. B. _anelac-ius_, id.

ANN, _s._ A half-year's salary legally due to the heirs of a minister, in addition to what was due expressly according to the period of his inc.u.mbency, S.

_Acts Cha. II._

Fr. _annate_, L. B. _annata_.

ANMAILLE, _s._ Enamel.

V. ~Amaille~.

_To_ ANORNE, _v. a._ To adorn.

_Douglas._

L. B. _inorn-are_, Tertullian.

ANSE, ANZE, ENSE, _conj._ Else, otherwise, Ang.

Allied perhaps to Su. G. _annars_ alias.

_To_ ANTER, _v. n._

1. To adventure, S. B.

_Ross._

2. To chance, to happen, S. B.

_Journ. Lond._

3. In the form of a participle, as signifying occasional, single, rare.

An _antrin ane_, one of a kind met with singly and occasionally, or seldom, S.