ken'd

For I ken'd (knew) at ye're Kimm'rin (birthing) ye'd ne're be my ain.

Lias Laddie 1998

Like yon wee birds we sang our sang, yet ken'd no that 'twas sweet.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

“Rabbie was a funny fellow,” she said; “I ken'd him weel; and he stoppit at our hoose on his way up to Edinburgh to see the lairds.”

Recollections of a Long Life Cuyler, Theodore L 1902

` ` It's a queer thing, '' he said; ` ` but I canna joy in the gear, unless I ken'd the puir body was happy that gave it me. ''

The Black Dwarf 1898

I have ken'd ye keep the saddle four-and-twenty hours thegither, and ne'er sic a word as weariness in your wame. ''

The Black Dwarf 1898

She saw me and ken'd me in the splore, for the mask fell frae my face for a blink.

The Black Dwarf 1898

I have had more than that to set me up, if you but ken'd.

David Balfour, a sequel to Kidnapped. 1893

I wadna for ever sae muckle that even the lassock Mattie ken'd onything about it.

Rob Roy 1887

But I'll ride in nae siccan troop --- they little ken'd Andrew that asked him.

Rob Roy 1887

` ` And troth, 'said Andrew, ` ` I tauld them a I ken'd; for dirks and pistols were what I could never refuse information to in a' my life. ''

Rob Roy 1887