naething
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"I ken naething aboot the Knight o' the White Feather," said Margaret, with a deep sigh; "and wherefore should I?—he's far abune my degree."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
There is naething like white seam, and a good long stretch of it to steady a lassie like Marion.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
If ony of them had caught up wi' me, 'twould have come out sure what joke I'd played them, for, ye see, they'd 'a' found out I was crying 'Stop' at naething at all.
From The Road to Paris by Robert Neilson Stephens
What ken ye o' thae dark things?—I mean there is naething there.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
"Ye may tak it for naething," said the mistress.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
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