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The word 'nether'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
netherOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12612
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
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) 62.8 2 2
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 265 3 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 199.9 11 1

Occurrences of nether in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
wshus chiel that he was, said nether eechie nor ochie; but there w on page 27

1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
mmers apened and I messed the nether bed sheet.This wis ma first c on page 6

1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
o say that the folk fae baith Nether an' Uppertoon niver got on wi on page 31

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
n wheeled the Papists tae the nether grund. on page 112

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
d in. It wis doon towards the nether end o Africa, richt in the mi on page 2

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
latoon up tae the Steel farm, Nether Skellyhill abin the village o

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ecember 1685 David Steel frae Nether Skellyhill farm by Lesmahagow

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ynd on weel, wis the fermer o Nether Horsburgh, Innerleithin. Ay,
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
nythin wrang wae daein it. An nether there wus. on page 44

1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
e gien its lead frae yins wha nether speak it nir yet alane unners
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Wae nether tent nor sicht on page 13
Fin pads wae nether slunk nor qua: on page 40
In heids wae nether crub nor rine on page 53

3 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
loth. 'Leonard didnae know me nether, did he?" on page 3
makt sae muckle effort wi hir nether regions whan she makt sae lit on page 20

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ls treysures ïn heiven, whar nether moth ner roost can desthroy, on page 7
ch'll pu awa an mak ït waur. Nether wud the' poor new wine ïntae on page 9
e' cud harlie tak ït ïn. An nether cud James an Jhone, tha sins on page 77
ethin wi ye for yer trevelin, nether stav tae studie ye, nor baag on page 85
claes. Luk at tha craws, the' nether sow nor reap an hae nae barns on page 92
Also on pages 96
11 matches

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