yon-nest
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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| —determiner | |
| 1. | chiefly (Scot), (Northern English) |
| a. an archaic or dialect word for that : yon man | |
| b. (as pronoun): yon's a fool | |
| 2. | variants of yonder |
| [Old English geon; related to Old Frisian jen, Old High German jenēr, Old Norse enn, Gothic jains] | |
| yond or yond | |
| —determiner | |
| [Old English geon; related to Old Frisian jen, Old High German jenēr, Old Norse enn, Gothic jains] | |
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yon
O.E. geon (adj.) "that (over there)," perhaps from P.Gmc. *jenaz (cf. O.Fris. jen, O.N. enn, O.H.G. ener, M.Du. ghens, Ger. jener, Goth. jains "that, you"). Outside Gmc., cognates include Skt. ena-, third person pronoun, anena "that;" O.C.S. onu "he;" Lith. ans "he."
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