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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Ane, indef. article. Also: aene, ayn, anne, an. [Variant of An art., and usually written both for this and for A in later 15th and throughout the 16th cent.]

1. A; an. a. Before vowels. b. Before h. c. Before consonants.a. 1390 Coldingham Priory 60.
A suffysand man and ane abelle 1409 Exch. R. IV. p. ccix.
Ane excellent and a mychty prince 1462 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 23.
In ane obligacioun maid therapon 1513 Doug. i. i. 19.
Thare was ane ancyant cite Ib. iv. 9.
With ane ile enveronyt 1596 Misc. Spalding C. I. 88.
Seiknes … with ane onsatiable droutht 1604-31 Craig i. 14.
Though thou lackes ane ee 1690 Acts IX. 178/1.
She designed ane appeallb. c1420 Wynt. iii. 1046.
Ane honest man 14.. Acts I. 53/2.
xxxiiij ky and ane halffe 1456 Hay I. 2/22.
Ane hye and mychty Prince Ib. 12/11.
Ane herityke 1510 Lennox Mun. 189.
Aene honorable man 1513 Doug. i. iii. 22.
In ane hepe 1585 James VI Ess. 63.
In ane heich … purpose 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 115.
Vpon ane headstrong horsec. 1462 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 23.
Ane worthy knycht Ib.
Ane dispensatioune 1472 Reg. Cupar A. I. 164 (ib. a quarter).
Ane quarter of our toun 1481 Lett. Proc. H. Scheves MS.
Ane worschipfull man c1515 Asl. MS. I. 227/3.
Ane ryich[t] gret spait in Clyde Ib. 12.
Ane sqwyare of Burgunȝe 1535 Stewart 39157.
In ane kne deip snaw 1562-3 Winȝet I. 2/23.
Ane daingerous seditioun 1594 Misc. Bann. C. III. 168.
The coup gat ane meit couer; ane tyran fand ane tratour 1614 Crim. Trials III. 302.
In ane grite anger 1641 Peebles B. Rec. 105.
Ane frie brugh 1695 Writ. Signet p. xliv.
Ane convenient house

2. Ane othir (uther), another. Mony ane, many a. a1400 Leg. S. ix. 28.
Ane vthire ydol … that thai menskyt c1420 Wynt. i. 1485.
Nane ane othir wndyrstude 1456 Hay I. 121/1.
Gif a man vencus ane othir c1500-c1512 Dunb. xiii. 11.
Is na man thair that trestis ane vther c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4068.
Wes neuer slane so mony ane man a1578 Pitsc. II. 65/15.
Knawledge ȝour sins ane to ane wther