Obs. An erroneous literary expansion of northern dial. ’an, en ‘than’ [perhaps a. ON. an, en, enn (Da. end) apocopate form of the same word as Eng. than], formally confused with an’, dialectal and familiar form of the preceding word. After other, otherwise, it may however literally render L. alius, aliter ac.

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1463.  Marg. Paston, in Lett., 480, II. 142. Bettyr and ye have be befor thys tyme.

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c. 1500.  Cock Lorell’s Bote, 7. Fayrer and euer the halfe strete was.

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1554.  Philpot, Exam. & Writ., 339. Otherwise and ye suppose.

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1565.  Eccl. Proc. Durh. (1857), 597. Likned togither more and 2 yere.

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1598.  Greenwey, Tacitus, Ann., XIV. ii. 200. A gallie trimmer and the rest was readie prepared.

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1599.  Shaks., Hen. V., II. iii. 12. [Dame Quickly says] A made a finer end … and it had beene any Christome child.

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