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In those days there was always service in the church on the Tuesday evenings; and when the father was asked on such occasions, “Who's to preach to-night?” his self-complacent reply used to be, “I divna ken wha's till preach, but my son's for till precent.”
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874
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"Maybe I div, an 'maybe I divna," answered the child, with an expression of determined mystery.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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"But ye ken aboot algebra" -- she pronounced the word with the accent on the second syllable -- "divna ye, maister Cosmo?"
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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a some fearsome thing, divna ye think, 'at what aiven the fit o' a body dis, bides?
Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864
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He has a glisk (slight look) o 'the markis tu -- divna ye think, mem? "
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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