carena

My mother was a MacGregor — I carena wha kens it — And

Rob Roy 2005

I come frae the north mysell, and I carena a boddle wha kens it.

Rob Roy 2005

“And what will ye do, if I carena to thraw the keys, or draw the bolts, or open the grate to sic a clamjamfrie?” said the old dame, scoffingly.

The Black Dwarf 2004

I downa be fashed wi 'the siller e'en now, for I maun awa' to meet my friends at the Trysting-place --- Sae, if ye carena to open the window, ye can fetch it in after I'm awa '.' '

The Black Dwarf 1898

` ` And what will ye do, if I carena to thraw the keys or draw the bolts, or open the grate to sic a clamjamfrie? '' said the old dame, scoffingly.

The Black Dwarf 1898

MacGregor --- I carena wha kens it --- And Rob had soon a gallant band; and as it grieved him (he said) to see sic hership and waste and depredation to the south o 'the Hieland line, why, if ony heritor or farmer wad pay him four punds Scots out of each hundred punds of valued rent, whilk was doubtless a moderate consideration, Rob engaged to keep them scaithless;

Rob Roy 1887

And then the other chield got up, and said, he caredna whether Morris was rubbed or no, provided it wasna to become a stain on ony gentleman's honour and reputation, especially in the north of England; for, said he before them, I come frae the north mysell, and I carena a boddle wha kens it.

Rob Roy 1887

"I carena to eat a bite, Christine; this is what I want o 'thee: the skiff is under the window; step into it, an' do thou go on the bay wi 'me an hour."

Scottish sketches Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

But I carena hoo ye put it, 'returned his grandmother, bewildered no doubt with this outburst,' sae be that ye put him first an 'last an' i 'the mids' o 'a' thing, an 'say wi' a 'yer hert, "His will be dune!"'

Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

But the sort of whilk we noo speak, are a waur sort a'thegither; for they come to the inside o 'yer hoose, o' yer verra chaumer, an 'hing oot their lang lugs to hear what ye carena to be hard save by a dooce frien' or twa ower a het tum'ler. '

Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864