Meanings
alternative abune · alternative abun
- ScotlandUKnot comparableCheshire dialectAbove.
The ceiling fair that rose aboon.
1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay
alternative abune · alternative abun
- ScotlandUKdialectalnot comparableAbove.
We'll a' meet aboon! We'll a' meet aboon! Oh what a blithe meeting yon meeting aboon!
1871, James Ballantine, “We'll A' Meet Aboon”, in Lilias Lee and Other Poems, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 1801 more example
The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall ceaſe; The Gaits to clim-----the Sheep to yield the Fleece, Ere ought by me be either ſaid or done, Shall do thee Wrang, I ſwear by all aboon.
1730, Allan Ramsay, “[Act II, Scene IV]”, in The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots Paſtoral-Comedy, page 23
Origin
- Old Englishabūfan“above”
- Middle Englishabone
- Englishaboon
From Middle English abone, abowne, from abuven, from Old English abūfan (“above”).
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aboon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aboon
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