haet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of haet
C16: originally in the phrase deil hae' it devil have it
Example Sentences
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“Hornbook was by, wi’ ready art, And had sae fortified the part, That when I looked to my dart, It was sae blunt, Fient haet o’t wad hae pierc’d the heart Of a kail-runt.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
Deil haet o' me kens," said Ratcliffe; "he'll no likely gang back to ony o' his auld howffs; he'll be off the country by this time.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott
There's not a haet that happens at the Gourlays but she clypes.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
Robin promis'd me A' my winter vittle; Fient haet he had but three Guse-feathers and a whittle!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
Robin promis’d me A’ my winter vittle; Fient haet he had but three Goose feathers and a whittle.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
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