I hae had sae mony questions speered at me in my day, and in sic queer ways, that if ye kend a', ye wadna wonder at my jalousing a' thing about them.
If it were sae," answered Jenny with spirit, "it wadna be the first time I hae done my best to serve a friend in captivity.
Then out and spake the auld mother, And fast her tears did fa "Ye wadna be warn'd, my son Johnie, Frae the hunting to bide awa!
There was he and that sour Whigamore they ca'd Burley: if twa men could hae won a field, we wadna hae gotten our skins paid that day.
Ye're no obliged to ken him; and I wadna hae tauld ye, only I feared ye wad ken him in the morning.
A coal black lire, and singit ee-brees, wadna set her auld lovers in Christ's Kirk in a bleeze again.
She had offered it to the lady hersel, who, being afraid o' her, wadna taste it.
But maybe you'll think that's a lee; and I wadna say but it is.
Then four black ones were put in their place; but still they wadna go, until the coffin was taken from the hearse, and the priest muttered some prayers over it.
And as they drank, their hearts were opened, and they boasted to the landlord that the wine-stoupa wadna contain the gold they should bring wi' them on their return.
Ay, and join the farms--there wadna be another property like it this side o’ Pateley Brigg.
Nay, there’s naught; an’ I doubt Rebecca wadna sweep as far as Litton.
Although the tither ootlaws wadna chairge themselves with Ned Lawless’ funeral, it is no’ to be infaired that he was buried without a prayer, or that tears werena shed o’er his lonely unhallowed grave.
I wadna put it past him, but he’s helpless, wantin’ mates.
He wadna hae been sae blithe had he seen anither face that peered o’er the shaft just as he turned at the angle of the road and struck into a canter with his troopers ahint him.
The woman sat on her horse, and wadna come ben, though they asked her to have a cup of tea.
I wadna like to wyte an innocent neighbour wi' violence--No answer?
Weel, I am partly of the mind mysell that it may be a live thing--and yet I dinna ken, I wadna wish to see ony thing look liker a bogle.
I left as muckle gowd lying on Mucklestane-Moor this morning as would plenish the house and stock the Heugh-foot twice ower, and I am certain sure Elshie wadna grudge us the use of it.
Were I the lad I wadna place ower meikle dependence on the Duke's promises," remarked Archie Armstrong, in a low tone, to Nicholas.
And only think, Jeanie, after my mother had been at a' these pains, the auld doited body Johnny Drottle turned up his nose, and wadna hae aught to say to me!
Deil ane o' them's get in here--it wadna be mensfu'!
I wadna dispute wi' the auld man, nor anger him for a' the hides in the hale barony.
Ye little ken what I hae suffered by women and witchcraft, or ye wadnabid me think weel o' them.
But hunger has sharp een, and I wadna wonder if this drove should lead to some hard tulzie.
I wadna wonder a bit to see our new knight get his head choppit off; for I think, if he haud on as he is like to do, he'll soon be ower grit wi' the Queen.
That holy father and his assistants are the only hope I hae," returned Charlie: "An it warna for their presence, I wadna stay another half hour in sic a place as this.
The deil tak their louping hearts into his hand for silly gawkies; if they werena a' red-wood about lads, they wadna heed me a whistle.
Nae wonder shewadna speak to the man she intended to hang.
Ye wadna set that brute on a Christian cratur, wad ye?
If I werena your friend, I wadnatak this liberty wi' ye.
Ye hae nearly gart me brik my pledge o' honour, whilk I wadna hae done for ten sic necks as yours.
For aince a man takes a mark on his way, I wadna hae him to tine sight o't.
If I were to gang wi' a gallant retinue," said Sir Ringan, "he surely wadna refuse to gie me some answer.
And they hae taen her Lady Katharine, And they hae pitten her in; But it wadnalight upon her cheek, Nor woud it on her chin, But sang the points o her yellow hair, For healing the deadly sin.
Fire wadna tak on her bourswoman, Niether on cheek nor chin; But it took fast on thae twa hands That flang young Riedan in.
I wadna marry your sister For a' your gowd so gay; But I'll keep her for my leman, When I come by the way.
I wadna marry your sister For a' your houses and land; But I'll keep her for my leman, When I come oer the strand.
How she would stap you in her poke-- I wot at that she wadna fail-- And boil ye in her auld brass pan, And of ye make right good kail!
It wadnatake upon her cheik, Nor yet upon her chin, Nor yet upon her yellow hair, To cleanse the deadly sin.
Ay, but MacCallummore's bloodwadna sit down wi' that; there was risk of Andro Ferrara coming in thirdsman.
God knows, that in my sober mind, I wadna wuss ony living creature to do a wrang thing to save my life.
They wadna believe her," she said, "and she had naething mair to tell them.
Or what think ye of the brave and worthy champions of the Covenant, that wadna sae muckle as hear a minister speak, be his gifts and graces as they would, that hadna witnessed against the enormities of the day?
I had ye amang the Figgat-Whins,* wadna I set my ten talents in your wuzzent face for that very word?
I wadna wonner gin they got the skipper to set them ashore at Stanehive.
But Robert wadna like me to tak siller whaur I did nae wark for 't,' objected Shargar.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wadna" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
