yance

English

Etymology

From yan, itself from the Old English ān.

Adverb

yance (not comparable)

(dialect, Northern English dialect) once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly)

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:once

References

[2004], Griffiths, Bill, A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN, page 191:
[1997], Leith, Dick, A Social History of English, Routledge, →ISBN, 9780415097970, page 45:

Scots

Adverb

yance (not comparable)

South Scots form of ance

References

“yance, adv., conj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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