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The word 'bydes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bydesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61812
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 23 5 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 7
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bydes in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
t, dir's a peerie speedir dat bydes only in creepin willows. It's(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Tho nou the face bydes caum: we hae spaed the faa on page 41

1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
tten the magazine ti whaur it bydes the-day. Memmers o the SLS ha on page 3

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
altho quaistiouns bydes yit aboot the future fundin o on page 8

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s wi hir for sik a norie, she bydes shuir in hirsel. The readers,
recuivers. But the quaistion bydes as ti hou Dr. Damiotti coud a
help, but in the event, juist bydes in bed or the keik o day. In
3 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
thare’s Brok, in course. He bydes richt i the hert o’t; wuidn
1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
r an canna win oot, an gin he bydes thare onie langer he'll tak h on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
a guid whein o thir auld acks bydes steive the-day in modren Scot on page 22

2 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
rs. The Comatee that wrate it bydes in suspendit animation, its s on page 4

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
haddaes. Efterhin, a chiel at bydes in New York City, at’s ower
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
e unnerwarld, or limbie Scots bydes in, an hear frae Robert Calde
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ssionin Editor for 50:50. She bydes in Athens, an is also screivi
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
r the control o the fowk that bydes, warks, studies an haes a fut
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n freind o The Sair Fecht. He bydes in Edinburgh. His wabsite is:
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
his readers whit mair delytes bydes ti pree in the pages forrit, on page 5

1 matches

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