_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._
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. a?a????t??.
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_.
ANLAS, _s._ Properly "a kind of knife or dagger usually worn at the girdle," as the term occurs in Chaucer; but used to denote a pike fixed in the cheveron of a horse.
_Sir Gawan._
Franc. _anelaz_, _analeze_, adlaterale telum, from _lez_ latus, the side; C. B. _anglas_, a dagger; L. B. _anelac-ius_, id.
ANN, _s._ A half-year's salary legally due to the heirs of a minister, in addition to what was due expressly according to the period of his incumbency, S.
_Acts Cha. II._
Fr. _annate_, L. B. _annata_.
ANMAILLE, _s._ Enamel.
V. ~Amaille~.
_To_ ANORNE, _v. a._ To adorn.
_Douglas._
L. B. _inorn-are_, Tertullian.
ANSE, ANZE, ENSE, _conj._ Else, otherwise, Ang.
Allied perhaps to Su. G. _annars_ alias.
_To_ ANTER, _v. n._
1. To adventure, S. B.
_Ross._
2. To chance, to happen, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
3. In the form of a participle, as signifying occasional, single, rare.
An _antrin ane_, one of a kind met with singly and occasionally, or seldom, S.