gowany

And see the wee bit gowany that blooms beside the rill.

Scarborough Settler's Lament 1982

"Gien ye wad sit doon a meenute, mem," returned Donal, "-- here's a bonnie gowany spot -- I wad read a bit till ye, an 'see gien ye likit it, afore I tellt ye the name o' 't."

Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864

She dropped at once on the little gowany bed, gathered her frock about her ankles, and said, "Sit down, Nicie. It's so kind of Donal to read something to us! I wonder what it's going to be."

Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864

And noo she and Mary are followin, wi 'yer ain Isy, i' the vera futsteps o 'the great shepherd, throuw the gowany leys o' the New Jerus'lem—whaur it may be they ca' her Isy yet, as they ca' this ane I hae to gang hame til.

Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864

"I never saw the ` gowany braes, 'but I shall see them soon."

Janet's Love and Service 1859

But in summertime the "gowany braes" which lie nearest to it, and the "heather braes" into which they gradually change as they rise higher in the distance, have a certain beauty of their own.

Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not 1859

She spoke about her home, and her brothers and sisters, and about "the gowany braes" and "the silver Ythan," and the songs they used to sing, before it had ever come into her mind that there was trouble and care before her.

David Fleming's Forgiveness 1859

When the seely [fairy] court was riding by, the Queen lighted down on a gowany bank

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