Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
hold .
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Examples
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Adjectives and Adverbs, and in the phrase haud sciō an.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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"Gien we had onything to tak a haud o ', we wad maybe think the less.
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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June 20th, 2008 at 12: 39 am haud dubium erat eam sententiam altius penetrare et arcana imperii temptari
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Variants occur in B-Bc 27087 (‘Clemente nono Papa’) and LVu mus.4 (‘Clemens haud papa’) which support the theory that the suffix was created in jest rather than for practical reasons: Pope Clemens VII had died in 1534 (before the composer appeared in print), and the possibility of confusion with the poet Jacobus Papa in Ypres is just as unlikely, for in this case the surnames were quite distinct.
Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009
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Usin agent, värvikad pahad, muistsed käsikirjad, iidne haud, vangistatud uinuv kurilane jne.
The Amazing Screw-On Head Ulmeguru 2009
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Notum sit tamen amicos nostros Americanos sub rege Georgio II scientiae haud favisse.
Government releases its innovation strategy - Inkless Wells - Macleans.ca 2009
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“That was very natural,” said Tibb; “but ye hae sobered since that, or ye wadna haud our braw gallants sae lightly.”
The Monastery 2008
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“The Lord in his mercy haud a grip of this puir family! for I, that was born in it, am like to see the end of it.”
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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“Od guide us, wull ye haud your skirling tongues!” said
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“But wha is to haud back the Southron, then,” said Tibb,
The Monastery 2008
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