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.'
The 'a-' prefix in words like 'amornings' is a ghost of Old English grammar—it's why we say 'aboard' and 'ashore' today, and it shows how languages gradually shed old grammatical tools as they evolve.
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