aboon

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English abone, abowne, from abuven, from Old English abūfan (“above”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbuːn/, /əˈbʏn/[1]
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Preposition[edit]

aboon

  1. (Scotland, British dialectal) Above.

Adverb[edit]

aboon (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, British, Cheshire dialect) Above.[2]

Adjective[edit]

aboon (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, British dialect) Above.
    • 1730, Allan Ramsay, “[Act II, Scene IV]”, in The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots Paſtoral-Comedy, page 23:
      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.
    • 1871, James Ballantine, “We'll A' Meet Aboon”, in Lilias Lee and Other Poems, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 180:
      We'll a' meet aboon! We'll a' meet aboon!
      Oh what a blithe meeting yon meeting aboon!

Noun[edit]

aboon (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, British dialect) Above.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4
  2. ^ Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 2

Anagrams[edit]

Scots[edit]

Preposition[edit]

aboon

  1. (literary) Alternative form of abuin

Adverb[edit]

aboon

  1. (literary) Alternative form of abuin

References[edit]

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