Awfu

There was nae mair nonsense till we cam till a station in Fife wi 'an' awfu'-like name. ❋ J. B. Salmond (N/A)

Dah's de ole black swan a-swimmin ', ain't she got a' awfu 'neck? ❋ Various (N/A)

"We'll hae Leddy Florimel sweirin 'awfu' gien ye gang on that gait, my lord," said Malcolm. ❋ Various (N/A)

There was a fisher ahent's that strak 'in wi' the chorus an 'made an' awfu 'gutter o't. ❋ J. B. Salmond (N/A)

She has an 'awfu' lookin 'face too, an' she came in bleeding like a sheep. ❋ James C. Welsh (N/A)

Weel, I met Davie that mornin ', walkin' awfu 'fast, maist rinnin' -- an 'his face was red. ❋ Robert E. Knowles (N/A)

Worse than ever -- for the elder -- for the little fellow, really shocked, now called to his sister, "Come awa ', Jeanie, here's a man swearin' awfu '." ❋ Robert Ford (N/A)

"Oh, my puir lamb, you're wet to the skin, an 'fair done; for God knows its an' awfu 'mess you hae cam' hame in." ❋ James C. Welsh (N/A)

There was a bit orchestra, waitin ', wi' awfu 'funny looking instruments -- sawed off fiddles, I mind, syne a' the sound must be concentrated to gae through the horn. ❋ Harry Lauder (1910)

Th 'car things screeched an' rulled an 'the folks -- the wimmen wi' awfu 'stern wheeler hats, an' the men -- hurryin '-- hurryin'! ❋ Unknown (1903)

It is not so much more wonderful than some of those modern miracles, which leave us to hesitate between the two incredible alternatives that men of science are fallible, or that mankind in general, like Sir Walter Scott's grandmother, are 'awfu' leears. ' ❋ Leslie Stephen (1868)

"We'll hae Leddy Florimel sweirin 'awfu', gien ye gang on that gait, my lord," said Malcolm. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

An 'there was a fowth o' awfu 'stories reengin' the country, like ghaists 'at naebody cud get a grip o' -- as to hoo he had gotten the said siller, an 'sic like -- the siller' at naebody ever saw; for upo 'that siller, as I tell ye, naebody ever cuist an e'e. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

An anecdote of him, told by Voltaire, who may have been an 'awfu' liar, 'but had no temptation to invent in such a case as this, is so consistent with what we gather of the man's character, that one cannot but think it is true. ❋ Philip Wharton (1847)

"Ay, ye say that sittin 'there," Hookey said; "but, lads, I saw his face, an 'as sure as death it was sic an' awfu 'meeserable face' at I couldna but pu 'the powny up. ❋ Unknown (1898)

Megan Fox's thumbs apparently aren't the only awfu ... ❋ Tyler (2009)