micht
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Ye micht do waur than tak a step doun to Cardross Castle—it's only about seven or aucht miles frae this, and get a sicht o' the King, an' tell him wha ye are.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
I'd ne'er keep an old sore running that I micht hae the nursing o' it.
From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Willie Walker Caldwell
I answerit that I wald tak him with me to Craigmillar, quhais the mediciner and I micht help him, and not be far from my sone.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
Now, had it been Hebrew,' and he really smiled, 'I micht have managed!'
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Quhyte his barn, that nain of it micht be sold that day.
From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various
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