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Use in varieties of Scots

waitan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.3 0.5 12 168.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences271 8 17 1 0 0
Number of authors12 1 1 9 1

Occurrences of waitan in Corpus

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Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
juist waitan the "All Clear". on page 129

1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Air seemed till be no use in waitan by e peedy door, so she went on page 12
he no be mad if A've kept her waitan!" Alice felt so desperate at on page 17
na!" thoucht Alice, an, efter waitan till she fancied she heard e on page 34
rowd o peedy animals an burds waitan ootside. E poor peedy Lizard, on page 38
s all played at wance withoot waitan for turns, quarrelan all e wh on page 80
Also on pages 96, 103, 109
8 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
oo little patience he his for waitan. on page 18
So waitan there aside the dyke, the hen on page 96

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We'll aal be dressed and waitan at the very crack o dawn. on page 33
Fur, waitan there tae serve him, wis a bo on page 46
ere, means a drainage pipe is waitan tae be laid." on page 65

3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
her spacer fock is waitan, still. on page 7
an waves a cheerio. Thir fock waitan fer Eynar tae tak the drinks on page 89
s comed tae Noor at the Hofn, waitan in her offiece. A oor till sh on page 158
Whan Darling's waitan fer the laast, an Inga oot i' on page 161

4 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
for the Gret Trow's waitan in his dirty owld sark. on page 89

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ie's folk spend twa grim days waitan fur more word. Neither o them on page 38

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Waitan - jist till the boys stand o on page 69

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Am waitan on me siblings, thir all on page 32
waitan in the wings. on page 95

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
Privet Gate as though it wis waitan for sometheen.
he real reason sheu haed been waitan on a cowld, herd dyke aal day
2 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
iesaurus Waahey! ?? Ah’m bin waitan fir this! (2021) twitter link

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
just waitan inaboots, if the gundyman com on page 18

1 matches

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