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Use in varieties of Scots

laith Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 11.2 3.2 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences2521 2 0 2 0 0
Number of authors17 14 2 1

Occurrences of laith in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Saicrets ye wid be laith on page 104

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
than laith masel... on page 5
Sae laith his disparagin luik on page 29

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
kit the ither wey, ashamed an laith tae tak pairt in this cruel h on page 46
afore his wife an weans, were laith tae move, an ower slow tae co on page 47
for some eerie reason, he wis laith tae stert oot for the Mains. on page 57
zed her tae her feet, she wis laith tae lae it goa. Likewise Edam on page 70
s meat. Even then, he wis gey laith tae rise, an ower keen tae li on page 75

5 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
She wis laith tae dae it, but Matilda got t on page 155

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ie hul-toun, an thai aw hett, laith, cry doun an calumpniat ilk t on page 1

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Sweir wis his horse an sadly laith war we on page 24

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
A laith rattons! Thay war scunnersome on page 80
this braw ratton jist cause A laith rattons? 'Earthborn companion on page 83

2 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
win.' Jist as yin day he'd be laith fu at Glesca's mauk baneyerd on page 60

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
dinna gie a strae for aa her laith! on page 42

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
a coortly tradeetion an he's laith ti faa back on the resources
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Sae, laith, Tib sclimt on the shooglie c
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
s byordnar hard, but och! A'm laith tae gie it up.
Bit A wis laith tae let her gang.
2 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
I laith politics. The leeing, the fec
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
I’m laith tae say it, but dubs the day
1 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ays till them, "Ye gypes, foo laith ye are tae believe fit e prop on page 121

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n early stert,' quo Jock Dow, laith tae stopper the fuskey.
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
an, tho at first he wis kinda laith ta dö it, he began to tell d on page V
e's place, tho shö wis kinda laith ta dö it. Da Hat-makker wis on page 75

2 matches

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