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She 's gane to dwall in heaven, my lassie, vol. iii.,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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And what's mair, I had raither be a door-keeper in the Lord's hoose than dwall in tents o 'sin.
St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles
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++Ich ðe bidde for ðan ilche hlauerd ðe ðe iscop me to helpe. ðat alswo ðu hauest ȝegu {n} ne {n} ⁊ ðane gru {n} dwall ileid.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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But I wuz goin 'on to say how I come here to dwall; --
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various
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But I wuz goin 'on to say how I come here to dwall; --
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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But I would hae had no occasion to dwall upo 'the fac', gien he had ever gi'en me, noo or than, jist a wee bit sign o 'ony affection! "
Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864
chained_bear commented on the word dwall
"Also drool, dwoll. 'dazed or unconscious condition' (c1400–1450); EDD 'light slumber' The state of being half-asleep; a slumber.
1858 Once or twice I falled into a kind of dwall....
1920Grenfell & Spalding 193 'Oh! I does give the baby the bottle ma'm,' Mira replied. 'If he dwalls off, I gives him a scattered jolt.'"
—Dictionary of Newfoundland English, 160–161
October 17, 2008