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The word 'trowth'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
trowthOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus82614
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 131.3 12 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 trowth 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.

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ed oe wird o men, bit teach e trowth o God's wird. Div ye think we on page 114

1 matches

Harper, Edith Soon Awa, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
hy mind, bit couldna jink the trowth.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
'tellin a lee but b'spikken e trowth. on page 55
cessfu snype. A haed telt the trowth; an ma mither didna believe't on page 56

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ir ettlin tae tell Mickey the trowth; but he thocht he'd haud oot on page 77
e haed come tae tell the hail trowth o the maitter; but wad he get on page 80

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ys in the Bible. In fack, gin trowth be telt, it's some strick abo on page 24
sae that made little differ. Trowth tae tell, it didna leuk as gi on page 25

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
een but the Almichty kens the trowth o’t. There’s a lot o thin
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
tae help. There was; but, the trowth is, Mither wadna lat them int
ot her maan; an, tae tell the trowth, A wadna blame them neen. A w
2 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Neen o fit cat said wis e trowth. He didna hae a kizzen an he on page 83

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
. And if iver they learnt the trowth o it, then mare fool thaim fo
1 matches

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert A Fickle Nae Mair, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Yin gaird speiks ainlie trowth,
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
d thirldom: that is the plain trowth.
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
sae are happy tae leeve thair trowth on page 30

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
k a wee bit dippit, and in aw trowth he wisnae exactly the shairpe on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
bit the trowth porrt me quick on page 63

1 matches

Briggs, Susi O Rabbie, I hae seen the day, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
But trowth, I care’t na by
And trowth, o that care I
And trowth, I care’t na by
3 matches

McMillan, Hugh The Return of the Brownie of Blednoch, (no publisher recorded 2022) Central, poetry
he felt licht heided in trowth wi this place o haud,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
bairns lik a crap an aa, an i trowth - tho he niver wad tell thai on page 21

1 matches

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