taen

• Sid wor soa taen, wol he put up his hands to mak sure 'at he worn't asleep; an' th' chaps 'at he'd been tellin his tale to, began to smell a rat, an' at last it wor all explained, an' niver mind if ther worn't some laffin an' chaffin. —  Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
• Civ._, II, c. 10 Footnote 4: Compare Dio Cassius, Bk., XXXVIII, c. 1: "[Greek: Taen de choran taen de koinaen hapasan plaen taes Kampanidos eneme, tautaen gar en to daemosio ezaireton dia taen aretaen synebouleusen einai Footnote 5: Compare Suetonius' Cćsar_, c. 20: "Campum Stellatem, majoribus consecratum, agrumque Campanum, ad subsidea reipublicae (sic) vectigalem relictum Footnote 6: App., II, c. 11 Footnote 7: App., II, c. 20, and Suetonius, Julius Caesar_, c. 20 Footnote 8: Suetonius, loc. —  Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic
• He does not say [Greek: our dunatai idein--taen basileian ton ouranon], but he says [Greek: ou mae eiselthaete eis--taen basileian ton ouranon], the latter pair phrases which the Synoptics have already taught us to regard as convertible. —  The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion'
• She prefers't It is unusual," said the minister It's a' richt," said Sanders Well, you know best," said the minister You see the hoose was taen, at ony rate," continued Sanders. —  Auld Licht Idylls
• His life and his keys at anes they hae taen, —  A Collection of Ballads

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