wadna
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"I wadna wonder if our clipping were cuttit short," said one.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
"He sent me to schools, and I wadna learn;95 He gae me books, and I wadna read; Sae my father's blessing I'll never earn, Till he see how my arm can guard my head."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
Six o' us wagered, three against three, and twa to ane," he proceeded, "that our side wadna put your husband to his bed.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton
"It is the blude of my greyhound, He wadna hunt for me."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
For a' that she could do or say, Appeased he wadna be, But for the words which she had said, Young Waters he maun dee.
From The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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