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The word 'friens'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
friensOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.75112
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 62.1 19 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 46 10 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 18.6 14 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 friens in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Wha hae nae friens til forget them, the hidden d on page 111

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nnerstood that she didna makk friens wi the cottar bairns, shiftle
d Year, an first fit aa their friens fur a wikk an mair. Her man,
r days seein aa their closest friens tae hansel the year. Matthew
tin fur wis his buiks, an his friens an his future, that widna be
e the hoose, bit her new fand friens wad hae leuch at her if she'd
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ed, haein trystit here wi her friens fin the skweel hid skailed a
wi her. She hid ony amount o friens. Fower o them wad sune come b
e mair, nane pit oot that her friens war cheengin the tale. "An sh
e got rid o her an her junkie friens an hingers-on.
faa in wi his birth-mither's friens, the scum o Meikleburgh, the
6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ht hard. “I ken foo tae mak friens wi Kevin,” she thocht. “H
quo she. “It’s fine tae friens fin yer nae weel, isn’t it
An his friens jyned him, skirlin an lauchin
aw an sighed. Ilkie year, her friens, Bobbin the Spurgie an Deirdr
t the clouts, the twa drookit friens breenged oot atween her hauns
8 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Forby his ither leddy-friens. He canna bear the heat o on page 9

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Auld friens greetit her wi talk o ailment
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
n is thrang wi Kays sae I hae friens aw ower the mom.
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
(Fir Southron friens hae uised their guile!) on page 214

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Familiar friens, 'The North Star' and 'The Pl on page 20
Tae friens o mine in Galloway, on page 92
s addressed tae various o his friens. Taen aathegither, these poem on page 101
Friens an neighbours, young or auld, on page 107
his friens tae think he's sociable; or s on page 118
Also on pages 122, 125, 127
9 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Familiar friens, ‘The North Star’ and ‘
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Sae, friens, trickie devisins waur the so on page 14

6 matches

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
utes were peyd by kinsfowk an friens. on page 4

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
'That wearies na for friens, for bairns far grown on page 4
Jack easy friens wha cast nae clod on page 5
Blethers for friens; on page 16
Friens, bairns an neichbour wichts on page 64
Drive friens awa, on page 79

5 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
Paisley, but I like ma buddie friens.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
tongue A spak amang my schuil friens an wi monie o ma mither’s f
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
while her friens wir hivvin a dook on page 27

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Amang yir friens an' nighbours tae the place w on page 42

1 matches

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