knave-bairn

"And who dared buy the estate, when the bonny knave-bairn that heirs it may any day come back to claim his ain?"

Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North

And when he came back, he tell’d the Laird, that the Evil One wad have power over the knave-bairn that was that night born, and he charged him that the babe should be bred up in the ways of piety, and that he should hae a godly minister at his elbow, to pray wi’ the bairn and for him.

Chapter XI

And when he came back he tell'd the Laird that the Evil One wad have power over the knave-bairn that was that night born, and he charged him that the babe should be bred up in the ways of piety, and that he should aye hae a godly minister at his elbow to pray WI 'the bairn and FOR him.

Guy Mannering — Complete

'Sell'd!' echoed the gipsy, with something like a scream; 'and wha durst buy Ellangowan that was not of Bertram's blude? and wha could tell whether the bonny knave-bairn may not come back to claim his ain? wha durst buy the estate and the castle of Ellangowan?'

Guy Mannering — Complete

And when he came back he tell'd the Laird that the Evil One wad have power over the knave-bairn that was that night born, and he charged him that the babe should be bred up in the ways of piety, and that he should aye hae a godly minister at his elbow to pray WI 'the bairn and

Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete

'Sell'd!' echoed the gipsy, with something like a scream; 'and wha durst buy Ellangowan that was not of Bertram's blude? and wha could tell whether the bonny knave-bairn may not come back to claim his ain? wha durst buy the estate and the castle of

Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete

—and wha could tell whether the bonny knave-bairn may not come back to claim his ain?

Chapter XXII

Bertram’s blude? and wha could tell whether the bonny knave-bairn may not come back to claim his ain? wha durst buy the estate and the castle of Ellangowan?’

Guy Mannering

And when he came back he tell’d the Laird that the Evil One wad have power over the knave-bairn that was that night born, and he charged him that the babe should be bred up in the ways of piety, and that he should aye hae a godly minister at his elbow to pray wi‘ the bairn and for him.

Guy Mannering