Definition/Meaning of yance

• English - Adverb: yance ( not comparable ) ( dialect , Northern England ) once (in both senses: only one time , and formerly)
• English - Etymology: From yan itself from the Old English ān .
• English - References: [2004], Griffiths , Bill , A Dictionary of North East Dialect , Northumbria University Press , ISBN 1-904794-16-5, page 191: [1997], Leith, Dick , A Social History of English , Routledge, ISBN 0415097975, 9780415097970, page 45: