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Use in varieties of Scots

widda Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 13.4 10.6 9.9 17.4 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3826 7 1 3 0 1
Number of authors14 8 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of widda in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Widda made it tae. If I'd pit the b on page 1

3 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
widda helpt. on page 99

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
It widda been bliss ti be sittin full on page 5

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
it dots on thir heids an they widda known that if they paid any a on page 18
Ah widda kept on readin but Tommy Camp on page 157
Ah think ma sister widda liked wur trip the day anaw, on page 163
ae the way the light wis they widda jist come oot aw blurry an wa on page 164
oy tae huv a word wi them. Ah widda asked Clicky but he's no the on page 169

12 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mairried ti him in ma widda's weeds - on page 35

1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
ae work oot if her big cousin widda been ma big cousin anaw but s
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
A didnae bor wi' ony mair. It widda been wastit oan me.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
t fur ri day, urwise ri hoose widda been lit Bedlam.
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
kind o lassie Allan liked? He widda liked tae think sae.
hat he hid stepped ower, thay widda readit something lik this:
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lowed thru the dubs yesterday widda bot teers tae a glass eye lol (2020) twitter link
him in the baws - the fecker widda been oot fir weeks lol (2020) twitter link
usselburgh @GarySma32095167 a widda gave an airm n a leg tae b at (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
cheyn weis bukkrem ticht, yea widda neer playd a choon on cit, bi on page 6
a boatie caad thi Charm, shi widda been aboot tweenty twa feit l on page 9
e aly weis ass reed mad, Et a widda maid thi problem wurse. Aifte on page 18
r o thi Primrose eisweel, shi widda been aboot a syventeen or aic on page 32
teen thi three wheelter an we widda fun aat richt awa, cus eit st on page 41

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n her fine braw hoose, in her widda's weeds, wi her twa unmerriet
min fell, saft an grey like a widda's veil ower her een.
2 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
they widda snuffed us oot as weel, saved on page 25

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
eet. Dis means at Shetlanders widda haed lang an closs keneen wi on page 15

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
He widda soched, I warn, said little on page 84
Dey widda loved ta watch dee growe, on page 85

2 matches

Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Widda’t
1 matches

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