wadna

American  

[wahd-nuh] / ˈwɑd nə /

Scot.

1. contraction of would not.

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Etymology

Origin of wadna

wad, variant of would ¹ + na

Example Sentences

Is it not better for the unmarried to cultivate the contented state of mind of that old Scotch lady who said, "I wadna gie my single life for a' the double anes I ever saw"?

From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John

There's a certain young lad, a farmer's son there, that I'm thinkin she wadna willingly forget.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

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 Leighton, Alexander

I wadna hae gi'en muckle for his honesty.

From The Bushranger's Secret by Clarke, Henry, Mrs.

"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