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The word 'bylt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
byltOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.275
ORK - Orkney
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 bylt in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
my gravy, lang-grain, white, bylt.
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Gane hissin mad like a cat bylt in a kettle, on page 33

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
wis she tae say tae him? She bylt the kettle and made a pot and on page 8
y time. Efter her breakfast o bylt eggs and toast she niver stop on page 10

2 matches

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Come bylt, bakit, or deep-fried in batt on page 55

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
and bylt ithers to breakfast few or ma on page 107

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
at grew ever waur. Ony watter bylt awa an the atmosphere grew th
1 matches

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