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

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. ἀγγρις, 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. inhaerere, to cleave, or stick fast in, or to, is therefore the more probable origin.

ANIEST, adv. or prep. On this side of, Ayrs.; q. "on the nearest side." This is opposed to Adist, adiest, on that side.

A. S. on neawiste, in vicinia, prope ad; or on and neahst proximus, from neah near, E. nigh.

ANYD, pret. Agreed.
V. [Ane], v.