Obs. or north. dial.; also 4–5 onde, 4–6 aynd, 6 eand, 6– aind. [f. ANDE sb. Cf. ON. anda to breathe. Mostly northern.] To breathe, blow.
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. XVI. 257. Be sobre · of syght, and of tounge boþe, In ondyng, in handlyng · in alle þy fyue wittes.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., Ondyn, or brethyn, Aspiro, anelo.
1483. Cathol. Angl., To Ande, Afflare, asspirare.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scotl. (1821), I. Pref. 42. Gif thai [bustards] find thair eggis aindit or twichit be men, thay leif them.
1540. Abp. Hamilton, Catech., 133 b (Jam.). He eandit on thame and said: Ressaue ye the haly spreit.
a. 1575. Ress. betw. Knox & Crosraguel, E ij a (Jam.). Spirat, ergo vivit, as I wald say, he aindes, ergo he lives.
