onie
Britishdeterminer
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Or hae ye onie lands or rents105 Lying at libertie?
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
"O I wad ask you something, father, An ye wadna angry be;"— "Ask on, ask on, my eldest son, Ask onie thing at me."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
"I hae na onie lands or rents, Lying at libertie; Nor hae I onie education,115 To dance along wi' thee."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
I daur you try sic sportin’, As seek the foul Thief onie place, For him to spae your fortune: Nae doubt but ye may get a sight!
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 Burns, Robert
"I wad ask ye something, mother, An' ye wadna angry be;"— "Ask on, ask on, my eldest son, 70 Ask onie thing at me."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
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