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The word 'swall'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swallOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22012
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 2
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 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 swall in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
an whaalbacks swall fae the wast. on page 93

1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
bit da swall o da not
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ay weis bonnie, bit er weis a swall, an at didna bod ower weel, w on page 10
n, Flatta caam, Bit we a fair swall. Oneywuiy, We hid shot a fice on page 19
, an ov coarse at wid mak thi swall faa doon a beit, an be a bett on page 56
ie mornen eit wis, jist a wee swall, bit sma water. So eis aye ge on page 61

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sirprisin himsel as a sidden swall o romance bubbled up inside h on page 18

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
een slidin fae er face te the swall o er breests, Ah'd aye bi sur on page 41

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
sel as the boat rocked in the swall. Three or fower mair explosio on page 41

1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Swall the tatties(2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
s slang but for aw this ootby swall o uphaud for the mither tongu
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
haund in haund wi a growthie swall o intrest in the languages an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
traivellin. The'r ower muckle swall o chynge in kintras roond abo
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae swall thair kytes an feast theirsel on page 128

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
id gress juist yet, or she'll swall up an dee. John smiled tae hi on page 24

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
wabblie, yi ken its a muckle swall ootbye an its na sauf tae sai on page 14

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
stert tae fuse garrin oor Sun swall intil a baggit Rid Etin. As i
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
uis their tung tae swall their wame,
1 matches

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