An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Gael. abhach, id.

ABLE, ABLIS, ABLINS, adv. Perhaps, peradventure, S. Yeable-sea, id.
Montgomery.

A. S. abal, Isl. and Su. G. afl, strength, properly that of the body; afl-as, to be able.

ABLINS, adv.
V. [Able].

ABOWYNE, ABONE, ABOW, prep. Above, S. Yorks. Westmorel.
Barbour.

A. S. abufan, id. The radical term is evidently ufan, supra.

To ABREDE, v. a. To publish, to spread abroad.
Gl. Sibb.

A. S. abraed-an, propalare.

To ABREDE, v. n. To start, to fly to a side. Chauc. abraide, id.
Henrysone.

ABREID, ABRADE, ABREAD, adv. Abroad, at large, S.
Burel.