anes

[ eyns ]

adverbChiefly Scot.

Origin of anes

1
Middle English, Old English, equivalent to ānone + -es adv. genitive suffix

Words Nearby anes

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How to use anes in a sentence

  • It looks like it might be ane of thae fine-grained white anes that mak' such grand furniture.

    Freckles | Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Upon being congratulated on his extraordinary success, Brownie exclaimed, Confound thae wee gray anes!

    Spare Hours | John Brown
  • I have come up anes errand, as your people hereabouts say, to talk to you like a schoolmaster, Lewie.

    The Half-Hearted | John Buchan
  • The said Johnne Leslye, (according to his formar vowes,) strook him first anes or twyse, and so did the said Petir.

  • And se Pater Noster he mæg anna ealla gesceafta on his thære swithran hand on anes wæxæpples onlienesse gethŷn and gewringan.