daurna

‘I daurna I daurna,’ said the poor woman, ‘they would murder me and my hinnie Willie baith, and they have misguided us aneugh already; — but if there is anything worldly I could do for your honour, leave out loosing ye?’

Redgauntlet 2008

Darwayshes are of two orders, the Sharai, or those who conform to religion, and the Bi-Sharai, or Luti, whose practices are hinted at by their own tradition that “he we daurna name” once joined them for a week, but at the end of that time left them in dismay, and returned to whence he came.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

Often she exclaimed with solemn fervency, "The gift I hae is fae aboon, an 'what He gies daurna be hidit."

The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales James Grant

"Weel, daddy," he said, "I doobt I daurna come near ye noo."

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various

‘Troth can I no; I am a lone woman, for James he’s awa to Drumshourloch fair with the year-aulds, and I daurna for my life open the door to ony o’ your gang-there-out sort o’ bodies.

Chapter I 1917

But I can do what good women canna and daurna do—I can do what would freeze the blood o’ them that is bred in biggit wa’s for naething but to bind bairns’ heads, and to hap them in the cradle.

Chapter XLVII 1917

"They say it's because they daurna for fear of the scandal."

Simon 1907

I ken fine what he's thinkin ', but I daurna speak.

A Window in Thrums 1898

"Ay, ma'am, may you sleep for baith o 'us this nicht, for I daurna gang to my bed."

The Little Minister 1898

I daurna let you in till I'm sure the mistress is bedded.

The Little Minister 1898