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

ANYNG, s. Agreement, concord.
Wyntown.

ANIS, ANYS, AINS, adv. Once; pron. as ainze, or yince, S. eenze, S. B.
Douglas.

The genit. of A. S. an, unus, one, anes unius, also rendered semel, q. actio unius temporis.

ANIS, ANNIS, s. pl.
1. Asses.
Chron. S. P.
2. Metaphor used for foolish fellows.
Bannatyne P.

Fr. asne, Lat. asinus; Su. G. asna, Isl. esne.

ANYS, the genitive of Ane, one.
V. [Anis].

ANKER-SAIDELL, HANKERSAIDLE, s. A hermit, an anchorite.
Philotus.

A. S. ancer-setle, an anchorite's cell or seat, a hermitage; from ancer, a hermit, Lat. anachoreta, Gr. αναχωρητης.

ANKERSTOCK, s. A large loaf, of an oblong form. The name is extended to a wheaten loaf, but properly belongs to one made of rye, S.
Gl. Sibb.

Q. an anchorite's stock, or supply; or from some fancied resemblance to the stock of an anchor.