aw'd

An 'if that aw'd murther'd byeth fayther and mother

The Skipper's Dream 2000

To let into Hiven wheiver he'd please an 'if aw'd turn Papish, and giv him a Note,

The Skipper's Dream 2000

Which aw'd the world, and wore th 'imperial crown,

The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

'Aw think aw'd tell mi mother, lass, if aw were thee.'

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

Sin 'I yerd yo' talk abaat Him as gies liberally, I thought aw'd do a bit on mi own accaant. '

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

Aw limped for more nor a week, but aw geet thee, an 'aw meant it, if aw'd had to feight fifteen raands more --'

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

It wor happen as weel if aw'd a bit more o 'thi spirit i' me, owd lad; but if there wor more fo'k like thee there'd be less like me. '

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

'Thaas noan a bad sort, Captain; and thaa'd ha' done a deal more good if aw'd a let thee.

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

It wernd so often as aw'd a chance, bud whenever th 'manager's back were turned, an' aw were alone, I were noan slow to tak 'my chance.

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

Aw niver remember him as a lad, for he wor a gooid age when aw wor born, but aw've heeard enuff abaat him to mak me feel as if aw'd known him at that time, an 'judgin' bi what aw knew on him as an old man aw can believe it ivery word true.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877