micht
Britishverb
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These Hielanders are awfu' prood; and he micht tak' it gey ill fro' ye!
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
Quhyte his barn, that nain of it micht be sold that day.
From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various
He's but a reckless chiel that Davy, and there's nae sayin what he micht do.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
Ye see, for a lang time—I micht say for at least five years afore he died—he wasna able to gang his roons; in fact, he was barely able to stand ahint the coonter.
From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh
The bagman, however, was by this time pretty weel on by the head; and this micht hae had some share in producin this new-born kindness for the Scotchman.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
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