- poet has a
dream in
which he is
visited by the
personification of May. Me
thocht fresche May
befoir my bed
upstude In weid
depaynt of mony
divers hew, Sobir...
- scraich, no tae scraich, let nane hear… I
stottered oot, doon tae the watter,
thocht tae douk her in its
cauld jaups, but ower late. I laid her
quate in lang...
- be
acceptable to the King of
Ingland and to his
msatisfactioun or nocht,
thocht nocht expedient to giff
ansuer presentlie in that behalf."
Chisholm 1911a...
-
Scots grey but now I'm
khaki clad. My auld grey coat has disappeared, the
thocht o't
makes me sad. By
January 1916, the
Scots Greys were back in action,...
- verse, no
malice was intended. He
merely wanted to
entertain the Queen.
Thocht I in
ballet did with him bourde, In
malice spack I
nevir an woord, Bot all...
- of the Grene,
sometimes attributed to
James I of Scotland, as follows;
Thocht he was wicht, he was
nocht wyss, With sic
Jangleurs to jummill; For frae...
-
trees daudin on the roads, and folk hid
below their beds an pra****-they
thocht it was the judgment! But
Gourlay rammed his
black stepper in the shafts...
-
bright OE hlōh →
Modern Scots lauch and
English laugh OE þōht →
Modern Scots thocht and
English thought However, some
words such as tho (though) and
throu ('through')...
- ails this
cruckit carle? PAUPER:
Marie Meikill sorrow : I can not get,
thocht I gasp, to beg, nor to
borrow DILIGENCE:
Quhair deuill is this thou dwels...
- abbot's house,
Dunfermline on the
south side of
Maygate Street, the tag "Sen vord is
thrall and
thocht is free,/Keep
veill thye tonge, I
counsel the"....
