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Aboon, Abuin, above. Sax. abufan. Mr. Todd says, aboon is “common in Westmoreland and part of Yorkshire.” It is also in constant use in the counties of Durham and Northumberland. V. Junius and Boucher.

Source: Brockett John Trotter. A Glossary of North Country Words in use with Etymology and affinity to other languages and occasional Notices of Local Customs and Popular Superstitions. Printed Newcastle upon Tyne 1829.