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

AE, adv. Always; E. aye.
Z. Boyd.

Isl. ae, semper, Moes. G. aiw aeternum.

AER, s. Oar.
V. [Air].
Stat. Gild.

To AFAYND, v. a. To attempt, to endeavour, to try.
Wallace.

A. S. afand-ian tentare.

AFALD, AFAULD, AEFAULD, AUFAULD, EFFAULD, adj.
1. Honest, upright, without duplicity, S.
2. Used to denote the unity of the divine essence in a trinity of persons.
Barbour.

Moes. G. ainfalth, Isl. einfauld, A. S. anfeald, simplex. Immediately from S. a or ae one, and fald fold.

AFF, adv. Off, S.
Ross.

Moes. G. Isl. Su. G. Dan. Belg. af, Gr. απο, αφ', Alem. and Lat. ab.

Aff at the knot, lunatic, deranged, S. B.
Gl. Shirrefs.
Aff and on.
1. Applied to those who lodge on the same floor, S.
2. Without any permanent change, used in relation to the sick, S.