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Use in varieties of Scots

swither Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 14.4 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3128 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors20 19 1 1

Occurrences of swither 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.

Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
sel for his hen-hertitness an swither, he wis somewey unwittin roon on page 135

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
thereawa he is ower wee. An I swither ower the colour o his claes. on page 21

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
uve ma richt airm!' Thare wis swither in his vice an his een war wa on page 23

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
is yatterin awa, in a bit o a swither, an smilin at aa that wis sai on page 44

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
eres; micht yer smeddum never swither. Lat nae threap guide ye agle on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
she'll no stop or swither, on page 29
leeze, nae maitter, chynge or swither, on page 61

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
will jist pit the reader in a swither. on page 12
It can lea fowk in a swither ower langage whan a screivar on page 13
ey aw alang. But whit wis the swither aboot? In coorse, maist Scots on page 38

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
phie stertit tae say, aw in a swither. on page 84
room gaithered itsel aw in a swither ... and at the end-up, silenc on page 127
r, and this set Kanga aw in a swither because she never kent where on page 146

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
d a sair fecht ti redd up the swither, on page 10

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Wullie sortit oot thair swither. on page 64

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
is pits the leddie in an awfu swither, ti the streitch that she hae
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Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
s what comes o gittin aa in a swither.
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ane awfu swither. “The sojers maunna arreist
he twenes wuid bene in a fell swither
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
€™m lattin mysel git in sicna swither for. Janice is a fine Christi
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
tle daein a dance the time at swither an dree wis joukin in the sha
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Swither is a covert Scotticism descen
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
et why fowk on the left micht swither aboot referendums. Indyref, B
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
n muisicians in Scotland in a swither as tae the wey forrit. While
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Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
The hostler had aye been faur swither in servin Till his reackonin
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ic as timeous, dram, ceilidh, swither, thole, burn (in the sense o
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Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Raither than swither or aggle ma breeks,
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@garyshearer1 that u oan the swither brother lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
oned," said Farquhar wi a wee swither in his vice an wi watshod een on page 98

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
haed bin masel. Thare was nae swither in ma answer, an aw the buik-
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Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the river boats swither,
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