wadna
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Origin of wadna
Example Sentences
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If that be your purpose, Mr Adamson, and if you put that purpose in execution, I wadna change conditions wi' you the day for ten thousand times a' the gear ye are worth.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
"Weel, a' wadna gang quite sae faur as to say that; but a' doot ye hay'na exactly hit."
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
"And wae betide ye, my gay goss hawk, That I did love sae dear, That wadna watch and waken me, When there was maiden here."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
I wadna pity your poor steed, Though it were tied to a thorn;30 For if ye wad gain my love the night, Ye wad slight me ere the morn.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
If the fear of expense," said Carey, "has prevented ye frae lettin the neebors ken o' yer daughter's illness, wadna the same cause hae prevented ye frae tellin o' her death?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
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