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O. Fr. _anable_, habile, capable, convenable, from L. B.
_inhabil-is_, valde habilis; Gl. Roquefort.
ANEDING, _s._ Breathing.
V. ~Aynd~, _v._
_Barbour._
ANEFALD, _adj._ Honest, acting a faithful part, the same with ~Afald~.
_Douglas._
ANELIE, _adv._ Only.
_R. Bruce._
ANELYD, _part. pa._ Aspired; literally, panted for.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _anhel-er_, to aspire after; Lat. _anhel-are_, L. B. _anel-are_.
ANENS, ANENST, ANENT, ANENTIS, _prep._
1. Over against, opposite to, S.
_Barbour._
2. Concerning, about, in relation to; still used by old people, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
Gr. a?a?t?, oppositum; A. S. _ongean_, ex adverso.
_To_ ANERD, ANNERE.
V. ~Anherd~.
ANERLY, ANYRLY, _adv._ Only, alone, singly. Hence _allanerly_.
_Barbour._
A. S. _anre_, tantum; Germ. _einer_, solus, from _an_ and _ein_, unus.
ANERLY, ANERLIE, _adj._ Single, solitary; only.
_G. Buchanan._
ANETH, _prep._ Beneath, S.
_Bord. Minstrelsy._
A. S. _on_ in, and _neothan_, deorsum; Isl. _nedan_, Belg. _neden_.
Su. G. _ned_. id.
ANEUCH, _adv._ (gutt.) Enough, S.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _genog_, _genoh_, satis, deduced by H. Tooke from _genog-an_, multiplicare; perhaps rather from Moes. G. _janoh_ multi, many.
ANEWIS, _s. pl._ "Budding flowers," Tytler.
_King's Quair._
Perhaps rings, from Fr. _anneau_, annulus.
ANGELL-HEDE, _s._ The hooked or barbed head of an arrow.
_Wallace._
A. S. Dan. Germ. _angel_, a hook, an angle; Teut. _anghel_, a sting, O. Teut. _anghel-en_, to sting.
ANGIR, _s._ Grief, vexation.
_Wyntown._
Gr. ??????, grief; Isl. _angr_, dolor, moeror; Su. G. Isl. _angra_, dolore afficere, deduced by Ihre from _aung-a_ premere, arctare.
_To_ ANHERD, ANERD, ANNERE, ENHERDE, _v. n._ To consent, to adhere.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _anhraed_, _anraed_, signifies constans, concors, unanimis; apparently from _an_ one, and _raed_ counsel. But I find O. Fr.
_enherdance_ rendered by Roquefort, adherence, attachment. Lat.
