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The word 'lover'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
loverOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72817
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 35.4 8 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 2
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
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 lover in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Shae'll nivver see her lover mair. on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
min ... are ye oany guid as a lover? Can ye gie a lassie a love b on page 40

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I wint tae be yer lover, quinie on page 75
That I dinna need anithir lover on page 181

7 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e label as if he's caressin a lover. on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
'Venus hersel took me for lover: The seiven-year bliss on page 4
It wis a lover and his lass Were chowin awa on page 18

2 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
yon lang fag an straikin her lover-boy's pow, on page 141

1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
if the wind hud just lost his lover and the rain wis mournin anaw
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a lover an a crook, now em tellin it on page 12

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n wave a white hankie tae her lover sittin ower in his ain castle on page 118
ing her hankie tae summon the lover that wuid nivver come. An the on page 119

3 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
I rase up tae appen tae ma lover; on page 10

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ax't on the airm o 'er naakit lover, on page 98

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ny bravado lies the hert ae a lover, no a fighter. Cannae even be
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Syne the daith o his handsome lover? on page 24

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
that fashed wee Chairlie, the lover o chocolate, mair than onythi on page 7

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
ce anent absence fae a female lover, which micht be tholed anely
“In this poem, the lover complains of his (?) separati
2 matches

McNulty, Victoria Flit, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Lover
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
'the kiss one lover gives to another on page 37
yellow-fleshed lover. on page 40

2 matches

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