English

Adverb

a-be ‎(comparative more a-be, superlative most a-be)

1. (Scotland) Alone. [Early 18^th century.]^[1]

References

1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3