Etymology
Origin of thae
First recorded in 1575–85; representing north and Scots development of Middle English, Old English thā, plural of thæt that
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A man has a pleasure in statin thae things o' a father.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
She has had trouble enew already, and it just needs you to go with thae bleezing een o’ yours to upset her altogether.
From Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
"It isna by ony sic bribes as thae, Cuthbert Grandison, that I will be diverted from my purpose."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
And where gat ye thae sleeves of red, My merry son, come tell me hither?
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Now, laddie, pouch thae Gourlay ba's, Wi' joy they'll dance a reel— My play-club capers in my hand, As supple as an eel.
From Poems on Golf by Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society
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