An archaic or dialectal form meaning 'in the morning' or 'during the mornings'; related to the phrase 'a-mornings.'
From the prefix 'a-' (in, on, at) combined with 'morning,' a construction common in Middle English. The 'a-' prefix was used to form adverbial phrases describing when something happened, like 'a-nights' or 'a-days.'
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