ahint

From Middle English at-hinden, from Old English æthindan (“behind, after”), equivalent to at- +‎ hind.

ahint (not comparable)

1. (UK dialectal) behind

ahint

1. (UK dialectal) behind
   • 1827, Allan's Tyneside Songs:

     ahint the coonter he sat i' the shop

   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.

• hatin', Ihnat, hain't, Thain, haint, Intha, IHNTA

• ahin, ahin', ahind, ahent
• ahaint (Orkney)

a- +‎ hint

• IPA^(key): /əˈhɪnt/, /əˈhɪn(d)/, /əˈhɛnt/
• (Orkney) IPA^(key): /əˈhent/

ahint (not comparable)

1. (of place) behind, to the rear
2. (of time) in the past, in one's past life
3. (of time) at a later time, late, too late

ahint

1. (of place) behind
2. (of time) later than, after, behind

ahint

1. after (No evidence except for Abd)

• “ahint, adv., pred. adj., prep. and conj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.