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The word 'rowe'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
roweOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.23017
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rowe in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Twa peerie lasses tryin ta rowe Basslin wi every oar. on page 5

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
can rowe up wir feelings, unreffel wir on page 19

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
mak space fur wis, yet rowe aroond wis ticht on page 21

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
We’d rowe doon e girssy braes, squallac
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
loup in an hiv a guid clarty rowe! https://t.co/187OFDG0HD(2019)

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
a mull o tabacca an begood to rowe himsel a fag. on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
intil the rowe an swaal ablow on page 19

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
wou at Ailice wes ettlin tae rowe up, an fummlin it on page 9
"Can ye rowe?" speirt the Yowe, giein her on page 71

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Broch wid Jonsar Eck hid tae rowe the sticks oot wi a
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
he engine aff an lat the caur rowe up tae the yett. The hoose st on page 125

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Tae rowe ye in, tae rowe ye in."
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
he engine aff an lat the caur rowe up tae the yett. The hoose st
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
o strae, anerlie a kinna lang rowe ir sassenger, grene wattir-pr on page 3

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The neist order wis tae rowe up thair left sleeves. The it
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
raiturs. They were cled in ae rowe o petals; they needit gey lit on page 30

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
fae the bank and sterted tae rowe smertly doonriver. on page 93
unnel. And sae wis the boat! 'Rowe on page 95
and cawin tae the rowers tae rowe aye faster and faster. He see on page 97
the deid o nicht by poachers! Rowe on, please!' on page 98
'Rowe Miss Boakregarde intae the bo on page 112
Also on pages 116
7 matches

McCabe, Alan Lallans 73 - Whan the wind blaws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An daith's sang tae rowe me in on page 46

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Back-Eyn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
it's time ti rowe oor ain gird; on page 70

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Enfield's tale cawed by in a rowe o lichtit picturs .... The sa on page 119

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
At the Simmer’s end we rowe doun the cocoons.
an rowe it in the gowden claith.
2 matches

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