yae
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Aye, but a sair trouble she was to me; she had juist yae faut, Saunders's first wife, an' that was she was nae use ava!
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Four and twanty siller bellsWer a’ tyed till his mane,And yae tift o the norland wind,They tinkled ane by ane.
From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew
When I was young, I've seen me gang north to the Hielands and doun to the English lawlands, but now that I'm gettin' auld I maun bide i' the yae place.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John
Four and twanty siller bells65 Wer a' tyed till his mane, And yae tift o' the norland wind, They tinkled ane by ane.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
But yae nicht Yon sent Gibbie's sin to find him oot; or maybe the Black Thing in the Hole gat lowse, because it was his hour.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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