知っとった meaning of grammar?

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What does the grammar form of 知るin the below sentence mean?

闇の世界とは関わるはずがないと知っとったんだろうな

The sentence is from the Japanese version of Harry Potter I

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '13 at 00:23

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It's a contraction of 知っておった which is an archaic/dialectal version of 知っていた, which means "knew".

answered Feb 25 '13 at 00:23

dainichi

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This is correct of course, but to add, 居る{おる} (godan) is the archaic/dialectical form of 居る{いる}, the rest follows. – Darius Jahandarie Feb 25 '13 at 03:13

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