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The word 'belyve'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
belyveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33314
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 28.1 11 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 12 9 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 256.1 5 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of belyve in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
some roostan gouk's belyve left. on page 58

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
y taeward her whan Ah hautit, belyve, it sicht o twa young weemin, on page 27

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
The domsie maun persavit belyve bi hir expairience o visnomie
hinner-en o hir onkil, belyve. Shae wes that beisie luikin
iont the effairs o Bretane an belyve cam ti smit
ngine sechtin an pechin, than belyve intil tonnels an alang hie ba
sairpent, at belyve swallaes the naitioun an conv
10 matches

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Trig an belyve A wirkt oot her ettle,
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
The ying cheil didna awnser belyve, fur hiz vissie wes hauddit b on page 1

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
€™s hale hert gaed out til it belyve, evin tho he didna yit fullie
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Belyve, in fancy's flicht they're dr on page 5

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ate an she smuired the thocht belyve. It wad be aaricht, she telt on page 19

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
in the sheep eats the flooer, belyve the starns will aw be mirk ta on page 30
Belyve the spirl stappit growin an b on page 31
Belyve I unnerstood yon unco thrummi on page 78
een tae the fit o the dyke-an belyve I lowped intae the air! Richt on page 83

5 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
en." And they quat their nets belyve and follaed efter him. on page 97

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The sain tae aa my pynes belyve she'd gie on page 43

1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
@Valensercla Haste ye back belyve!(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
‘um on the back saet whaur belyve, Yid hed faen owre. Whan ma
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
Tha Feardie Geng cudnae belyve their een! Tha pepper flittit
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Belyve, tha mune keeked fae a clood on page 17
Belyve, tha callar water soomed a ci on page 54
Belyve, quare bad yins bided aye ama on page 56

3 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
oubles or industrial decline. Belyve hooses were bigged for middle
alk" or a "Ballymena accent". Belyve, the Ulster-Scots fundin that
2 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
Belyve, the Redcoats skelpt them at (2015) twitter link