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The word 'amaist'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
amaistOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42411
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 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of amaist in Corpus

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South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
something amaist langed for.
1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
mornin. A was amaist ready for the scuil haen ette
e saicont hauf o the clim was amaist as hard as the furst hauf, bi
2 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
pit intilt, tho A selt it fur amaist sax tymes the sum
o the Forth rail brig an mak amaist ane eyland fortrace o thair h
The foirsman amaist smyllit, fur John hedna sein
3 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ae the butler's Adam's aiple. Amaist afore he kennt whit wis happe on page 9

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
urds fawit on hiz dowff herin amaist lik a roup. Lowpin aff hiz fo
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
r wi her ettlin his ilka need amaist afore he gied vyce til't, at on page 30

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
emmlin but he obeyed. Matthew amaist hid a hairt attack when Mr. M on page 39
He looked forlorn an Tam cud amaist feel sorry for him. on page 43

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ng, an the ring o the waa wis amaist lockit. on page 14

5 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ffoldin ready for stertin. He amaist forgot the Dumb Jyner, but he on page 65

2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
side an nerrae-boukit, whiles amaist
Amaist afore I kent it, the simmer w
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
amaist inti the Plou.
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
isht it sae weel ’at it wus amaist staunin up oot o tha wuid —
ha byue o Grace’s pinny — amaist oot o sicht ahint a tummock o
2 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
It's amaist as if A've bin bate wae a sti on page 19

1 matches

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