Or wha will welcome your brisk bride That you bring owre the dale?
O our Scots nobles wer richt laith To weet their cork-heild schoone; 30 Bot lang owre a' the play wer playd, Thair hats they swam aboone.
Ye'll tak me in your arms twa, lo, lift me cannie, 15 Throw me out owre board, your ain dear Annie.
The queen luikt owrethe castle wa', 5 Beheld baith dale and down, And then she saw zoung Waters Cum riding to the town.
Learn to mak your bed, Annie, And learn to lie your lane; For I maun owre the salt seas gang, A brisk bride to bring hame.
Ye'll tak her in your arms twa, lo, lift her cannie, 25 And throw her out owre board, your ain dear Annie.
I drave my cart out owre a dike, My horses in a miry, O!
Owre the muir amang the heather, Owre the muir amang the heather; There I met a bonnie lassie, Keepin' a' her ewes thegither.
When baith bent dounowre ae braid page, Wi' ae buik on our knee, Thy lips were on thy lesson, but My lesson was in thee.
The simmer leaves hung owre our heads, The flowers burst round our feet, And in the gloamin' o' the wud The throssil whusslit sweet.
While thus we lay, she sung a sang, Till echo rang a mile and farther; And aye the burden of the sang Was, Owre the muir amang the heather.
They are far owre finely strung," replied he of the Forest, "for mine are just reeght.
THE BRIG I whiles gang to the brig-side That's past the briar tree, Alang the road when the licht is wide Owre Angus an' the sea.
To the deil wi’ ye, ye impudent brat, or I’ll toss ye owre the head o’ the quarry!
For at one Mine (of which I tooke view) the Owre was shipped to bee refined in Wales, either to saue cost in the fewell or to conceale the profit.
She cam tripping down the stair, And all her maids before her; As soon as they saw her weel-faur'd face They coost their glamourye owre her.
Owre kynge went forth to Normandy, With grace and myyt of chivalry; The God for hym wrouyt marvelously, Wherefore Englonde may calle, and cry 5 Deo gratias: Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria.
The queen luikt owre the castle wa, 5 Beheld baith dale and down, And then she saw young Waters Cum riding to the town.
Luke owrethe castle downe,[667] Ere she see the Earl of Murray Cum sounding throw the towne.
Mean time far hind out owre the lee, For snug in a glen, where nane could see, The twa, with kindlie sport and glee, Cut frae a new cheese a whang.
Ill bow my leg and crook my knee, And draw a black clout owre my ee, A criple or blind they will cau me: While we sail sing and be merrie--o.
I'll tell the sheyk it would misbecome your father's son to do sic a deed owre lichtly, and strive to gar him wait while I am in these parts to get your word, and nae doot it will be wiselike at the last.
VI O lang will his Lady Look owre the Castle Downe, Ere she see the Earl of Murray Come sounding through the town!
And what will ye leave to your bairns and your wife, When ye gang owre the sea, O?
VII ‘Thou artowre young a maid,’ quoth he, ‘Married with me thou ill wouldst be.
XXII ‘I charge ye all, ye mariners, When ye sail owrethe faem, Let neither my father nor mother get wit But that I’m coming hame.
IX I wish my grave were growing green, A winding-sheet drawn owre my een, And I in Helen’s arms lying, On fair Kirconnell lea.
XXVII O there was mounting, mounting in haste, And cracking of whips out owre the lee; Until they cam to Annan water, And it was flowing like the sea.
Clerk Saunders PART I I Clerk Saunders and may Margaret Walk’d owre yon garden green; And deep and heavy was the love That fell thir twa between.
XXV He turn’d her owre and owre again; O gin her skin was white!
XXII They laid the links out owreher neck, And that was her gold twist to be; And they cam doun thro’ Dumfries toun, And wow but they cam speedilie.
Only I maun again say, that I had no wish or inclination whatever to see you toiling and thinning turnips beneath a burning sun, or maybe taking them up and shawing them, when the cauld drift was cutting owre the face keener than a razor.
That's owre delicate a subject for me to gie an advice on, yer Honour," replied David.
The ravens have been croaking owre me for twa lang years.
Her dead, and him, oot o' his judgment, mourningowre her grave in the garb o' a beggar!
Hooever, I saw plain and clearly the advantage that the machine had owre the flail, and I was determined to hae ane.
There were many that said that I was entirely under her thumb, and that she had the maister-skep owre me.
She threatened not only to break the yett to pieces, but to hang the toll-keeper owre the yett-post if he offered resistance.
Div ye see that dark bit owre yonder amang the green clover, wi' the sticks about it?
Your cart and horse ran away--and threw the driver, puir fellow, clean owre the brig into the water.
I'll bow my leg and crook my knee, And draw a black clout owre my ee, A cripple or blind they will ca' me, While we shall be merry and sing.
O'ercome wi' joy, she lifted the ae fit and crossed it owre the ither, sae glad was she that her companion was victorious.
And he gaed, and as he was bringing hame the water, a raven owre abune his head cried to him to look, and he would see that the water was running out.
O help me now, thou false, false knight, Have pity on my youth, For now the water jawes owre my head, And it gurgles in my mouth.
I’ll dance and sing anither day, That day our king comes owre the water.
But dearer far to my twa een Was the ragged sleeve of red and green Owre that young weary hand that fain With the guid broadsword had found its ain.
When they were all on saddle set, They were comely to behold; The hair that hung owre Johnie's neck shined 75 Like the links o' yellow gold.
Your gloves sall be the marigold, All glittering to your hand, Weel spread owre wi' the blue blaewort, That grows amang corn-land.
He put his little horn to his mouth, He blew it owre again; And aye the sound the horn cryed 185 Was "Johnie and his men!
This bird flew high, this bird flew low, This bird flew owre the sea, Until it entered the same chamber 35 Wherein was sweet Willie.
The sun sheens owre them a sae bonnie; I am Donald the Lord of Skye, I think I'll mak ye as blythe as onie.
They rode on through moss and muir, And so did they owre mountains many, Until they cam to yonder glen, And she's lain doun wi' her hieland laddie.
The friers of Fail Gat never owrehard eggs, or owre thin kale; For they made their eggs thin wi' butter, And their kale thick wi' bread.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "owre" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
