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† a-ˈpain(e, advb. phr. Obs. Sc.
4–5. Also apayn, apane.
[a. Fr. à peine at or in trouble or difficulty; see prec.]
1. With difficulty; with much ado; hardly, unwillingly, scarcely.
1375Barbour Bruce ix. 64 Folk for-outen Capitane, Bot thai the bettir be a-pane, Sall nocht be all so gud in deid. Ibid. 89 Ȝit sall thai fle a-payn. c1470Henry Wallace viii. 911 The toun to sege thaim thocht it was to lang And nocht a payn to wyn it be no slycht.
2. apain of: under penalty or pain of.
c1470Henry Wallace xi. 1313, I charge, apayn of loss of lywe, Nane be so bauld yon tyrand for to schrywe. |