ayont

/ əˈjɒnt /

adverb

1. beyond

Word History and Origins

Origin of ayont¹

a, from Old English an on + yont yon

Example Sentences

She walked up, she walked down, Had nane to mak her moan, Nothing but the pretty bird Sat on the causey stone.20 "If thou could speak, wee bird," she says, "As weel as thou can flee, I would write a lang letter To Will ayont the sea."

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"I am gaing awa, Jeanie, I am gaing awa, I am gaing ayont the saut seas, I'm gaing sae far awa."

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Two bells had gone—“the wee short hoor ayont the twal”—when McBain rose from the table, this being a signal for general good-nights.

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She never goes to bed till ‘the wee short hour ayont the twal,’ and there is no saying what she may be doing till then.”

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O a' ye mariners, far and near, That sail ayont the faem,80 O dinna let my father and mither ken, But what I am coming hame.

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