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The word 'skailt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skailtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus103222
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 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 18.7 14 10
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of skailt in Corpus

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Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
is ither graith wis strawn an skailt, no that oniebody wad ken the on page 97

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
e it A threipit Yer name they skailt lik stuckies on page 3

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
aye fite but grey ablow, are skailt oot flat an thin like fillets on page 10

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
nnerfit wi wee chuckie stanes skailt ower. On the ker-side gaen up
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
- O that oor luve fir him had skailt oor peetie. on page 40

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
t’ times, whan curns o fowk skailt intil seminar rooms for ferre
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
up, claucht her bahoukie and skailt oot the room.' on page 102

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Wins Hairst, his aipples skailt abreid the yird; on page 216

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Bodies o Frenchmen skailt alang the shore; on page 98
Wins Hairst, his aipples skailt abreid the yird; on page 149

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tae Rongye. His faimly wis aa skailt; Surinder wis in Scotland, an
e flair, the strawberries wis skailt an wastit, the flair wis a wh
2 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
e shaw, he pit doun the seck, skailt some corn abreid, but he laid on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
e luiked back wis a splatch o skailt milk on page 18

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
The Mirror has Skailt its Gless on page 30

1 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
rner at a sma table tackie wi skailt beer, speirt for some yill, a on page 140

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
at. Her papers an jotters wis skailt ower hauf the hous, an tho th on page 14

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ings kythed tae me frae words skailt by chance, drap by drap. on page 15

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e wis a lood swoosh, an flams skailt oot the tap like a racket-squ on page 22

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
hauns couldnae grup, ma mind skailt on page 49

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ennin ee. A threid o slaivers skailt doon yin side o his jaw and h on page 54
tton!' they cawed oot as they skailt through the slap in the waw. on page 71

2 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ck. The reek o the weet airth skailt up his neb. He felt forfochte on page 17

1 matches

Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
It wis Hogmanay, and licht skailt fae the windaes o the rich ho on page 50

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
it will be skailt for ye and for aa men on page 97

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McCallum, Andrew Lallans 73 - Ecce Homo, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
maun be skailt makin halie the scabbit an mi on page 71

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
f hes sate tentless whaur the skailt tea sloppit ower the tap o he on page 19

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Were skailt owre tha phone's glawin scree on page 11

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
O skailt seeds an tap breeds. on page 15

1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
gin fynnins o gye grist 'at's skailt tae nae enn an 'at haes a gui on page 22
s gettin pit oot thenoo an/or skailt wi aa tha skailin-gates, an m on page 38

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
word; ithers'll be tuk awa an skailt amang aa tha nations o tha wa on page 105

1 matches

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