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The word 'raip'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
raipOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83518
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31.3 5 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 17.3 13 9
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) 153.7 3 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 164.2 5 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of raip in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
o jobs like threidin a strae raip, ilkie ain dovetailin inno th
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d up on her head like a strae raip. She wis a swatch o the Auld
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
thick serge breeks, wi a bit raip pulld ticht aboot the middle. on page 13

1 matches

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
in wab ti set him, nae coarse raip on page 60

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
mptin fate an shuir as guns a raip wad brek an the catch wad be
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
takin tent o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis t
hare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare wuiden flair
2 matches

West Central

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
hin ded bad ee'd dun. Wit lik raip ur murdur, said Laura Kiyl. S on page 41

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
wis endless as a hangman's raip. Lockin on page 112

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
hin, bot loutit an onhankit a raip an harlt on it; than lichtsum
1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
rbie itsel were taen an aw - raip, claith for patchin the sail, on page 59

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ye are guid, I will gie ye a raip tae tether him in the daytime on page 16
the pulley, the pail, an the raip.' on page 80
, because o the pulley an the raip. Ye mind... it wis that bonni on page 86

4 matches

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
But here was the whaup in the raip: naebody wantit ti drive. Sae on page 36

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
but he's lowsed the raip, and humphs her on page 45
I grupped thon raip, aince, twice, thrice at ma t on page 49

2 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
Then he took a lang raip and cast it wide on page 30

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
n wab tae set him, nae coorse raip on page 45

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
g's ma airm, theek is a thack-raip an happit in saft silky hairs on page 81

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
t like wis an elephant. A bit raip wi the end frayed oot, says a on page 4

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
t trussed thegither wi course raip. The furst cauve wis slung ow
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
n see, she's houlin a skippin raip in hir hauns. Noo, A haed a s on page 30

3 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Harp-strung wi hingman's raip. on page 16
Tha raip he pued on yin last while on page 36
Waak bak as hye-raip's draa'd. on page 47

5 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
snae iver bin rid. Lowse ïts raip, an brïng ït til me. If oni on page 102

1 matches

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