OriginFrom Middle English at-hinden, from Old English æthindan (“behind, after”), equivalent to at- + hind.
- UK, dialectal, not-comparablebehind
- UK, dialectalbehind
“ahint the coonter he sat i' the shop”
“But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror”
Source: Wiktionary