adv. phr. Obs. [f. as prec. with genitival -s: cf. a-days, and mod. ‘He comes of a morning.’] In the morning, every morning.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XI. 7253. Males drowen hem to males · a mornynges bi hem-self.
a. 1541. Wyatt, Poet. Wks. (1861), 98. A mornings then when I do rise.
1572. Mascal, Govt. Cattle (1627), 13. Squirt thereof a mornings into his nostrils.
1633. Earl Manch., Al Mondo (1636), 27. The brightest dayes dye into dark nights, but rise againe a mornings.
