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The word 'aith'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aithOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.12313
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 4
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 aith in Corpus

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Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
dge daday!! #CakeFridge #Eid #Aith https://t.co/cc3RQl4STc (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Wi a solemn aith tae wir fadder Abraham, he sa on page 81

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
repeat the Horsman's fearsome aith:
arrin them say the Horseman's aith, stoppin at ilkie line sae th
On hearin yon dreidfu aith, Isie's een grew wide as twa
3 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
r came: The king cried oot an aith, on page 9

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ots vairsion o the sweirin in aith, MSP's haes the richt tae uis
1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
ither an aith or a blissin. on page 136

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
outbrak wi a veillanous laich aith, "Seilens, thare, atwein deks on page 7

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Appairently it wis a dreidfu aith unner a lie detector, a renun
haud him aff o sweirin sicna aith. Bit he wis black affrontit.
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d, than he forsweirs his haly aith tae the True Kirk, an nou ett on page 24

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
t hoose, wumman's - Lassie's aith. .. nae wurd - Nae traistin. on page 14

4 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
and swore a snell and siccar aith that they widna gang back tae on page 29

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
says that the Scots swure an aith bi the 'foul deith o Ingland' on page 110

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the Deil soud tak me, hear my aith: on page 42

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ht' no tae hae the pairlament aith in Scots, that the maiter o S on page 121

3 matches

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