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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†KNAW, v. Sc. form of Eng. know. Pa.p. knawn. Also in Eng. dial. Now obs., having been replaced in gen. usage by Ken, q.v. See also Know.Sc. c.1700 Outlaw Murray in Child Ballads No. 305 A. lxxii.:
I have mony steeds in the forest shaw, But them by name I dinna knaw.Sc. 1802 Scott Minstrelsy II. 239:
How shall I thee knaw? Amang so many unearthly knights?Sc. 1823 Lockhart Reg. Dalton I. 203:
My own name is Macdonald, mem, and 'tis well knawn that we're all originally from the same root.