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The word 'ould'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ouldOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9227
ORK - Orkney 168.9 17 4
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 ould in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
a day o id, that day whin the ould reed coo o wurs splet her tit on page 13
k, anywey hid seems that this ould coo got the notion that Ben w on page 14
indered, "Oh aye, I mind. Wur ould reed coo!" on page 15
"Whin ould reedo wis really waveran on t on page 16
an finally got the ould coo oot o the iper. Whut a ma on page 17
Also on pages 20, 77
11 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae stand wae the ould fokk on page 34
ould hiv a cool drink oot the ould tinny. on page 35
e mak a coffeen tae burry the ould wife on page 57
n doon the path tae whaur the ould gaet stood on page 63

4 matches

Harris, Jane Me Laand, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Sharged the peedie ould wife.
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
“old” or “ald” or “ould”, onee o whit A’d mibee i
1 matches

Shetland

Ritch, Paolo A Remembrance Day, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, poetry
Ould Willie
Noo I tink o ould Willie’s war,
2 matches

General Central

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
it’s great tae see ye back ould man,
an leave a daft ould ballad intact.
2 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An' gaen mae beats some ould fashioned luk's. on page 8

1 matches

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