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ayen

ayen adverb: back against.

Adverb

ayen (not comparable)

  1. Back against.
    • The ſecunde is rebate youre hawke: to yowre fyſt, ⁊ thatt is whan yowre hawke batith, the leeſt meuyng that ye can make with yowre fyſt ſhe will rebate ayen vppon yowre fyſt[.]1486, Juliana Berners, Book of Saint Albans

Preposition

ayen

  1. Back against.

Forms of ayen

alternative formayein
alternative formayeins

Origin of ayen

Variant or relative of again, in its obsolete sense "against".

Questions about ayen

What does ayen mean?
Ayen means back against.
What part of speech is ayen?
Ayen can be an adverb or a preposition.

Words near ayen in the dictionary

  1. ayel
  2. Ayele
  3. Ayeles
  4. ayelp
  5. Ayemere
  6. ayen
  7. Ayene
  8. Ayer
  9. Ayerbe
  10. Ayerbes
  11. Ayere

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