Meanings
- UKdialectalnot comparablebehind
- UKdialectalbehind
ahint the coonter he sat i' the shop
1827, Allan's Tyneside Songs1 more example
But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
Origin
- Old Englishæthindan“behind, after”
- Middle Englishat-hinden
- Englishahint
From Middle English at-hinden, from Old English æthindan (“behind, after”), equivalent to at- + hind.
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