I'se brew ye a soup better an' stronger whan ye're in ower amang the blankets.
An' she was comin' ower frae Inverlyon e'y mail coach that dark nicht the minister gaed for the bairn, an' wha suld the driver put in aside her but Tibbie Tirpie?
It was that same dark nicht the minister gaed ower til Inverlyon.
An' them 'at's t'ey fore yet's ower dottle to travel that far!
Fient a stap her or me sall gang out ower yer door, Joseph Smiley, afore Sawbith!
Naebody 'at kens my granny wad ventur to bring Mester Watson in ower by her!
There was ower meikle joy and ower little pain; Sae fareweel, happy days!
O that my grave were growing green, A winding sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms were lying, On fair Kirkconnell Lee!
A short, sharp bout ended in the triumph of the Scots and the Northumbrians fled, "Down ower the brae, like clogged bees.
It's pit mirk; but there's no an ill turn on the road but twa, and the brigg ower Warroch burn is safe eneugh, if he haud to the right side.
It made an unco noise ower a' this country; the bairn disappeared the very day that Supervisor Kennedy cam by his end.
And let somebody live there that's ower gude to fear them of another warld.
Ye're e'en ower weel off, and wotsna; it will be otherwise soon.
But they bore him away, and he's been lang ower the sea, and now he's come for his ain, and what should withstand him?
It loupit ower the dyke, but the wee lassie just slammed the door in its face, and turned the key.
Of him who declines to be turned aside by trifles, the Scottish proverb may be quoted, "He's owerauld a cat to draw a strae before.
You must not leape ower the stile before you come to it; haste makes waste; softe fire makes sweet malte; not too fast for falling; there's no hast to hang true men.
O Lord," prayed Peden with extreme fervour, "lap the skirts of thy cloak ower puir auld Sandy.
John wore a girdle about his middle, Imbroidered ower wi' burning gold, Bespangled wi' the same metal, Maist beautiful was to behold.
Here Cree worked, whistling "Ower the watter for Chairlie" to make Mysy think that he was as gay as a mavis.
Ye mayna be," said Eppie, "but lasses doesna do to be ower partikler.
Dinna toss ower lavishly at first," the smith whispered me nervously, as we followed Jess and Willie into the darkening wynd.
I wish my grave were growing green, A winding-sheet drawn ower my e'en, And I in Helen's arms lying On fair Kirkconnell lea.
They band his legs beneath the steed, They tied his hands behind his back; They guarded him fivesome on each side, And they brought him ower the Liddel-rack.
Half ower, half ower to Aberdour, It's fifty fathoms deep, And there lies gude Sir Patrick Spens Wi' the Scots lords at his feet.
O laith, laith were our gude Scots lords To weet their milk-white hands; But lang ere a' the play was ower They wat their gowden bands.
I-10] They had been ower the neighbour's ground they had leave on up to the march, and they werena just to ken meiths when the moorfowl got up.
Weel for them that have rents to take up," said Meiklewham; "ours are lying rather ower low to be lifted at present.
Maister Tirl, ye have not got oweryour auld tricks!
I look at ye, what can hae come ower ye, and what sort of a plight are ye in!
I have sat clavering with you ower lang, Maister Francie.
Ye have broke weel in on the mailing by your feus down at the Well," said Meiklewham, "and raxed ower the tether maybe a wee bit farther than ye had ony right to do.
And lastly, the match with Dumbiedikes would have presented irresistible charms to one who used to complain that he felt himself apt to take "ower grit an armfu' o' the warld.
I have been owerproud of my sufferings in a gude cause, Reuben, and now I am to be tried with those whilk will turn my pride and glory into a reproach and a hissing.
Ye maun ask that of auld Meg Murdockson, if ye dinna ken ower muckle about it yoursell.
So set forward--we hae lost ower muckle time already--see to get her to keep the right road.
We can sattle things like sensible people, if on'y Martha here will gie ower greetin'.
He's a fair man, if he does leanower much te t' Romans.
Ower much grub an' nowt te do is bad for man or beast.
I have oft and divers tymes redd ower the Bible, and yitt such a terme fand I never, nor yet any place of Scripture applicable thairunto.
This answer gave he, as mycht appear, to schift ower the argument upon the Freare, as that he did.
In this meintyme, the Lordis directit thair letteris to diverse pairtis of the cuntrey, makand mentioun quhat dangear did hingower all men, giff the Frensche sould be sufferit to plant in this cuntrey at thair plesoure.
And so was he brought to the East blok-house head, and schawen dead ower the wall to the faythless multitude, which wold not beleve bofoir it saw: How miserably lay David Betoun, cairfull Cardinall.
Will thei not give to us a lettir of Curssing for a plack, to laste for a year, to curse all that looke ower our dick [dyke]?
Giff religioun be nott perswaidit unto yow, yit cast ye not away the cair ye aucht to have ower your commun-welth, quhilk ye see manifestlie and violentlie rewyneit befoir your eyis.
The somar and the harvist pass ower without any notable thing; for the Cardinall and Abbot of Paislie parted the pray amonges thame: the abused Governour bayre the name only.
The deil's gane ower Jock Wabster is a saying which I have been accustomed to in my part of the country from early years.
I just brought him ower wi' me to show him the place.
During the long French war, two old ladies in Stranraer were going to the kirk; the one said to the other, "Was it no a wonderfu' thing that the Breetish were aye victorious ower the French in battle?
I watna, sir; it was rather ower plain and simple for me.
Naa, sir," said the girl, "but A wance saw a coo jump ower a preshipice.
If tha tawks sich tawk to me, aw'll mash thi head wi th' rollin' pin; my suckling days wor ower twenty years sin.
Aw thowt aw'd gettenower this sooart o' thing, nah he sed, but aw believe aw niver shall.
Say rather that he is ower young to turn King's evidence.
See here: I recommend ye no' to be lazin' ower the meat, gin ye'd drap in for the fun.
I charge ye all, ye mariners, When ye sail ower the faem, Let neither my father nor mother get wit But that I 'm coming hame.
This must remind the reader of Sir Patrick Spence: Half ower, half ower to Aberdour, It's fifty fathom deep.
Is there a bird in this hale forest Would do as mickle for me, As dip its wing in the wan water, And straik it ower my ee-bree?
The queen looked ower the castle-wa', Beheld baith dale and down, And then she saw Young Waters Come riding to the town.
Na, na, I ken Miss Charlotte ower weel to forget her, though she has grown a deal sin' I saw her afore.
We went ower them like a wave, and trampled them doon into the mud, for they were few, and there was no end to our numbers.
I've shown many a one ower it, but I never heard it put so clear afore.
There ower great plenty o' them aboot Loch Spellanderie at ony rate!
There'll be some amusement at ony rate," he said, "but I maunna be ower keen.
He only threw a hundred and six Irish drovers oot o' a third story windowower the engine o' the Port express, but there's nae mair than ten o' them dead.
The far buffer o' the engine took him in the broad o' his hinderlands and whammeled him and the bairns in a heap ower on the grass on the far bank.
It's ower guid a tale to tell, specially on me, that aye prided mysel' on letting naebody draw my leg.
Gang ower to Mistress Fraser's and ask the lend o' her cradle.
O, the deceitfu' madam; wait till I get ower to the Sandyknowes!
I hae brocht my guidman an' Gibby, oor auldest callant, ower by to hearten ye up.
She's far ower flappy aboot the legs wi' goons and petticoats.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ower" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
