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Use in varieties of Scots

ald Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 0.5 3.2 9.9 58.1 0 4.4
Number of occurrences151 2 1 10 0 1
Number of authors6 1 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of ald in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
‘Thocht feinyeit fabils of ald poetre / Be not al grunded up
1 matches

Doric

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
eal nice o her ti think o her ald untie. She disnae hae ony o h
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
ha this day with vs speik the ald Scottis toung [..] thay have
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
ae utir ithir “old” or “ald” or “ould”, onee o whit
1 matches

Shetland

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
An Ald Jeems Henry wis still sittin
Glig, wis Ald Jeems Henry.
Hit wis Ald Jeems at saa her first. An he
me!’ Da swaet stöd oot apo Ald Jeems’ broos. ‘Dis wye!
kroo left ower fae last year. Ald Jeems rave oppen some a da sh
10 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
O thon ald crow. on page 46

1 matches

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