"ance" meaning in Scots

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Adverb

IPA: /ens/, /eins/, /ins/, /jɑns/, /jɛns/, /jɪns/, /jɪnst/, /wans/, /wɑns/, /wɑnst/
Etymology: From Middle English ones, from Old English ānes. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|ones}} Middle English ones, {{inh|sco|ang|ānes}} Old English ānes Head templates: {{head|sco|adverb|not comparable|cat2=uncomparable adverbs}} ance (not comparable), {{sco-adv|-}} ance (not comparable)
  1. once Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: aince, eence, anes, anis, yance, yence, yince, yinst, wance, wanst Derived forms: ance errand
    Sense id: en-ance-sco-adv-IAZRqLLV Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ance meaning in Scots (1.6kB)

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        }
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        {
          "ref": "a. 1805, Jane Elliot, “A Lament for Flodden”, in English Poets of the Eighteenth Century",
          "text": "The English, for ance, by guile wan the day; The Flowers of the Forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of our land, lie cauld in the clay.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/eins/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ins/"
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      "ipa": "/jɑns/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jɛns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪnst/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wans/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑnst/"
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/eins/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ins/"
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      "ipa": "/jɑns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪns/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jɪnst/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wans/"
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      "ipa": "/wɑns/"
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      "ipa": "/wɑnst/"
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      "word": "aince"
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    {
      "word": "eence"
    },
    {
      "word": "anes"
    },
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      "word": "anis"
    },
    {
      "word": "yance"
    },
    {
      "word": "yence"
    },
    {
      "word": "yince"
    },
    {
      "word": "yinst"
    },
    {
      "word": "wance"
    },
    {
      "word": "wanst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ance"
}

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