adv. properly northern. [f. ABLE a. + -LINGS.] In a manner that is able to be; possibly, perhaps.
1597–1605. A. Montgomerie, Poems (1821), 42. The man may ablens tyne a stot That cannot count his kinsch.
1768. A. Ross, Helenore, 101. I’ve ablins said that I sall tak you with me.
1863. Atkinson, Whitby Gloss., s.v. As for walking sae far and nae farther, I think I aiblins might.
