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The word 'bidit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
biditOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.63210
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 31.5 24 6
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bidit in Corpus

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Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Bit ye hiv bidit in a hoose afore?" on page 99

2 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
in hodden grey an bidit in a bourrach, on page 29

1 matches

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
rou the hoose he hes langsyne bidit in
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
fine eneuch whaur auld Andrae bidit an chappit the door.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e oot o the tenement they had bidit in aw their mairriet life, an on page 58

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
because it wis that rare, it bidit on in the memory. on page 17
boays that bidit there. We aw hoped we'd meet on page 23

2 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
hid been doontrod. An if thon bidit the wey, there wis shairly na on page 40

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ld Bridie wis ma Grannie. She bidit in a cave, the weem aneath th on page 11
the roust. Ilka winter Ragnar bidit hame an ilka simmer he gingit on page 14

11 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
that whaur someane wirked and bidit wis halely a personal chyce; on page 33

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
et ony o his compatriots that bidit there. Here's hou Mackenzie W on page 12

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
A bidit ootside, an taen a sate on th on page 82

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
refer tae a group o fowk whae bidit in whit is noo Scotland.
ur tae descrieve Britons whae bidit north o the River Forth in Sc
e Caledones or Vacomagi, whae bidit in modern-dey northern and ea
Thon tradition o cairvin bidit on fur centuries, wi Pechtish
We ken whaur the Pechts bidit maistly by the symbol stanes
9 matches

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