| bal | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 3.4 | 11 | 7 |
| ORK - Orkney | |||
| SHD - Shetland | 40.7 | 7 | 4 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | |||
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | |||
| DOR - General Northern | |||
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | |||
| WCE - West Central | |||
| DUN - Dundee | |||
| EDN - Edinburgh | |||
| GLA - Glasgow | |||
| AYR - Ayrshire | |||
| LAL - General Central | |||
| SEA - South East (Borders) | |||
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | |||
| 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) | 98.5 | 3 | 2 |
| GUL - General Ulster | |||
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ta lay things up, an times ta bal awa; on page 51
canna gie up on you. I canna bal you awa. I canna turn my face on page 69
So dey bal'd da net ower da side an star on page 87
maet dat da weel-aff craetir bal'd oot. Ee day da pör body de on page 125
4 matches
Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
a da day. Da first job is to bal oot aa da coles. I lik ta div
1 matches
Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
od miles an nae packaging tae bal awa. An wir puddin? Gingerbre
1 matches
King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
Harry’s bal was lyinin his driveway. Ah k
1 matches