wyte
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"Weel, ye ken mair yersel' nor ony ither as to the warst fau't there is to lay till 's chairge; for they say—that is, some say—it's a' yer ain wyte, Ma'colm."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
The wyte o' wars lie at the doors of kings, and the soldiers are free o' the sin o' them.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt
Of the gift none needed to wyte him Of mid earth, since the glory they gained by battle.
From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous
"O wyte na me, now, my master dear, 50 I garr'd a' my young hawks sing, And still I cried, Waken, gude master, For now is the hour and time."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
It was the Bishops and Lord Halifax that did it, and the Bishops paid the wyte, as Sam says.
From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Emily Sarah Holt
S'y, we never wyted to hear no more, but hyked awye hot foot.
From A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West by Frank Norris
"That's the Reiver's mother," said one of the Elliots; "she's ten times waur than himsell, and is wyted for muckle of the ill he does about the country."
From The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott
Ye may thank your stars, Jack, that ye hae ne'er been guilty o' the foul things that he's wyted wi'.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt
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