† a-painadv.

Forms: Also apayn, apane, a-paine.

Etymology: < French à peine at or in trouble or difficulty; see apain v.

Obsolete. Scottish.

1. With difficulty; with much ado; hardly, unwillingly, scarcely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb] > with difficulty

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1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 89 Ȝit sall thai fle a-payn [1489 Adv. apayn].

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 64 Folk for-outen Capitane, Bot thai the bettir be a-pane [1489 Adv. apayn], Sall nocht be all so gud in deid.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [phrase] > threat of specific punishment

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1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1313 I charge, apayn off los off lywe, Nane be sa bauld ȝon tyrand for to schrywe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	a-pain
释义	† a-painadv. Forms: Also apayn, apane, a-paine. Etymology: < French à peine at or in trouble or difficulty; see apain v. Obsolete. Scottish. 1. With difficulty; with much ado; hardly, unwillingly, scarcely. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb] > with difficulty uneathc888 arvethlichec1000 uneathsc1200 hardc1300 albusyc1325 wondsomely?a1400 hardlya1425 narrowlyc1450 unreadilyc1454 a-pain1487 uneasily1600 scarce1667 scarcely1697 ill1832 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 89 Ȝit sall thai fle a-payn [1489 Adv. apayn]. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 64 Folk for-outen Capitane, Bot thai the bettir be a-pane [1489 Adv. apayn], Sall nocht be all so gud in deid. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [phrase] > threat of specific punishment in (also of, up, etc.) paina1325 apain of1488 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1313 I charge, apayn off los off lywe, Nane be sa bauld ȝon tyrand for to schrywe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adv.1487
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