wadna
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Origin of wadna
Example Sentences
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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
And till the kirk she wadna gae, Nor tillt she wadna ride, Till four-and-twenty men she gat her before, And twenty on ilka side,90 And four-and-twenty milk white dows, To flee aboon her head.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
"O it is the bluid o' my grey hounds;65 They wadna rin for me."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
"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
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 Alexander Leighton
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