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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BEYONT, Beyon, Beiyan, prep. and adv. Used very much as St.Eng. beyond, instead of Sc. ayont. [bə′jɔn(t), bi′jɑn]

1. prep.

(1) On or to the farther side of.Sc. 1724 Ramsay T.T.Misc. (1762) 102:
Else, like this wife beyont the fire, Ye'r bairns against you will conspire.Ork. 1884 (2nd ed.) R. M. Fergusson Rambles 32:
And beiyan the brigstane sche lukit over her shoulder.Nai. 1828 W. Gordon Poems 243:
Beyont it, far ben in the wa', I got a pig o' siller.Knr. 1891 “H. Haliburton” Ochil Idylls 49:
Hae ye ever been Beyont the pettle [small plough-spade or -staff]?Edb. 1772 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 6:
Nae sooner did the day begin to dawn, Than I beyont the know fu' speedy ran.

(2) Outside the scope or limit of.Ayr. 1826 Galt Last of the Lairds xi.:
For mair than a month he was thought beyont the power o' a graduwa.s.Sc. 1847 H. S. Riddell Poems and Songs 22:
Disease, beyont remeed, Was in her frame indented.

2. adv. On the other side, at a greater distance, outside.Mry.² 1934:
Awa beyont, the rain niver divallt on the hills.

3. Phrases: (1) Back o' beyont (see Back, n.¹, 5 (10)); (2) beyont the beyons, “some very out of the way place” (Uls. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.); (3) beyon the beyont, without a parallel.(3) Bnff. 1866 Gregor D.Bnff. 216:
Weel, that's beyon the beyont.