gaun
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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It's narrow, narrow, make your bed, And learn to lie your lane; For I'm gaun o'er the sea, Fair Annie, A braw bride to bring hame.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
“Whaur are gaun crawlin’ ferlie, Your impudence protects ye sairly.”
From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Gordon Stables
"It's nae for murder, nor for theft,125 Nor yet for robberie; A' is for the loving a gay lady, They're gaun to gar me die."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
He told me he was gaun to return immediately—I assure ye o' that.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
"Na, na; gudewife, Jean Linton, I'm no dementit—I'm only gaun away till Moffat."
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
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