anenst

alternative anents · alternative Ireland anence

1. ScotlandUKobsoleteOver against.

   He lives anenst the church.

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   He shall have a bel, that's Abel; / And by it standing one whose name is Dee, / In a rug gown, there's D, and Rug, that's drug: / And right anenst him a dog snarling er, / There's Drugger, Abel Drugger. That's his sign. / And here's now mystery and hieroglyphic!

   c. 1610, Ben Jonson, “The Alchemist”, in William Gifford, editor, The Works of Ben Jonson, volume 4, published 1816, page 88

2. ScotlandUKobsoleteAbout; concerning; anent.

   He said nothing anenst this particular.