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Lucky Dickson," cried one, "ye hae gien us a gowk's errand.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

But I was gien to understand, and privately, that the authorities didna intend, in the meantime, to lay hold o' me, as they had nae suspicion I would flee the country.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

She had come o' decent, 'sponsible people, though they were a' low aneugh the day—ay, an' they were God-fearing people, too, wha had gien plenty in their time, and had aye plenty to gie.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various

It is no muckle worth: but ye should na look a gien horse in the moo’.—Yours ever, R. L. Stevenson.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

He has louted him o'er the dizzy crag, And gien the monster kisses ane; Awa she gaed, and again she cam.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various