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

To be viewed as the same with [Aunter], q. v.

ANTERCAST, s. A misfortune, a mischance, S. B.
Ross.

Anter, or aunter, adventure, and cast, a chance, q. something accidental.

ANTETEWME, s. "Antetune, antiphone, response," L. Hailes.
Bannatyne P.

ANTYCESSOR, ANTECESSOWR, ANTECESTRE, s. An ancestor, a predecessor. Lat. antecessor.
Wallace.

APAYN, part. pa. Provided, furnished.
Barbour.

Fr. appan-é, having received a portion, appan-er to give a portion, L. B. apan-are, id. from pain, Lat. pan-is, as originally denoting the supply of bread and other necessaries of life.

APAYN, adv.
1. Reluctantly, unwillingly; sometimes written distinctly, a payn.
Barbour.
2. Hardly, scarcely.
Wallace.
3. It seems improperly used for in case.
Wallace.
4. Under pain, at the risk of. In editions, on payn.
Wallace.

Fr. à peine, "scarcely, hardly, not without much ado," Cotgr.

A PER SE, "An extraordinary or incomparable person; like the letter A by itself, which has the first place in the alphabet of almost all languages;" Rudd. Chaucer id.
Douglas.