low'd

He give a lecture also to young folks who he 'low'd dat was not in sech condition as he was.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

How der chil'ren can't get no schulein ', how eben de grow'd-up ones doan't know nuffin -- not eben so much as de pore brack slave,' case de 'stockracy want dar votes, an cudn't get 'em ef dey' low'd 'em larnin '.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

How der chil'ren can't get no schulein ', how eben de grow'd up ones doan't know nuffin -- not eben so much as de pore brack slave,' case de 'stockracy wan't dar votes, an cudn't get 'em ef dey' low'd 'em larning.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

He tole me and William he heard Ma'y Ann and Marthy Ann whisperin 'and plannin' in dere room nights till he was sure dey was a hatchin 'mischief, ef dey hadn't already hatched more snakes den dey could kiver, so I' low'd I'd go and ramshackle dat room o 'theirn, and onder de baid,

Social life in old New Orleans : being recollections of my girlhood, 1912

Young life low'd through the meadows, the woods, and the echoing mountains,

Poems of Coleridge Arthur Symons 1905

An 'wen he seed dat, he got pow'ful mad, an' he 'low'd ter his se'f dat efn de Lord spar'd him, he inten' fur ter fix dat Woodpecker.

Diddi, Dumps, and Tot 1882

Brer Dick, he 'nounced dat dey wern't nuff money in de box; an' Brer Sim said if dey wern't he speck Brer Dick know'd whar it disappeared ter; an 'den Brer Dick' low'd dat he won't stan 'no' probusness, an 'wid dat he haul off an' tuck Brer Sim under de jaw -- ker blap!

Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881

W'en dey done howdyin 'en axin' atter one nudder's fambly kunnexshun, Brer Wolf, he 'low, he did, dat der wuz sump'n wrong wid Brer Fox, en Brer Fox, he' low'd der wern't, en he went

Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881

She 'low'd, ole Miss Cow did, dat Brer Rabbit be hoppin' 'long dat way fer ter see how she gittin 'on, en she tuck'n lay er trap fer' im; en des 'bout sunrise wat'd ole Miss Cow do but march up ter de 'simmon tree en stick er hawn back in de hole?

Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881

Mr. Hawk, en chunk'd at 'im wid sticks; [81] en atter w'ile he tuck'n make out he got a gun, en he tuck aim at Mr. Hawk, en' low'd, 'Pow!' en den he holler en laugh.

Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878