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The word 'daylicht'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
daylichtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.94632
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 31 7 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 6
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 5
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of daylicht in Corpus

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Shetland

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
linnin him a meenit, till da daylicht wis comin i da lift . Da bird
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
e glass Wi skin as pure's the daylicht oor on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
fin thi got roon eis tyme en daylicht, maist o thi beit's 'o' cast on page 6

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Bliddy daylicht robbery they are, interruptit on page 14

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
the mirk will be heard i the daylicht, an fit ye've fuspert ahin sh on page 102

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
eyin a stump fir. It's bliddy daylicht robbery - at's fit it is." on page 6

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
first for there wisna muckle daylicht penetrated the room at this t
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
roon the bonny room while the daylicht filtered in throwe the wee wi
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
™d nae a clue faar he wiz and daylicht wiz comin up by the time he r
1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
nna ging ower e firth in fair daylicht.' on page 84

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
lls. Man, it wis as bricht as daylicht ower Mortlach, wi the storm r on page 51

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Nae ony daylicht fae the day began.
Nae sky nae daylicht for us tae see,
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Affa dull an grey, daylicht ere's neen ata,
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
ot @jamieeast @lorihoulihan13 Daylicht time nae problem(2020)

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
it ilka lass wha'd seen me in daylicht wadnae rin awa wi me in the m on page 27

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s the door an pushes it open. Daylicht spreads oan the flairboards a on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the room looked much worse in daylicht. on page 22

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Sir, e'en the dugs hae daylicht, an we pey, on page 32

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
As daylicht faded an the air grew chill
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
n oot frae the mirk intae the daylicht. He haed his een gey near scr
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
jyle-cell. The peelie-wallie daylicht that entered came fae a singl on page 183

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ken't tae be in his bed afore daylicht, on page 117

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
hat, an vampires cannae staun daylicht. Weel,
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
is only aboot an hour or so o daylicht when he went oot, Dinnae thin on page 38
armit an maskit men in broad daylicht an the toun wis often in a fe on page 104

2 matches

Edinburgh

Capener, Jack Eemis Stane 1 - Syne, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
The nicht claims scraps ae daylicht as its ain on page 10

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sut hissel doon tae wait for daylicht. He tane aff his left shae an
y brek wis thair only sicht o daylicht, an maist o thaim chose for t
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
t frae the kirk; for there is daylicht eneuch tae let ye gang tae th on page 40

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Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Like ti the dawin or whan daylicht wes fleein. on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
For the daylicht is daurkenin fast, on page 12

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
amash, got his heid intae the daylicht again, and said cheerily: 'Di on page 21

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
nnel's got shorter! I can see daylicht!' on page 23

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
d the big horse oot intae the daylicht. It wis a braw, still, snell on page 17

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
to daylicht and a sleep oot o the frost. on page 107

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
aw thi daylicht hoors ye will tend thaim,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
b10s @NicolaSturgeon A lack o daylicht an an intellect'll dae it mai(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Whun daylicht turns tae nicht. on page 23

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ai an Ageest warm an wane, an daylicht shoartens doon. on page 47

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
airk, spake oot ïn tha braid daylicht; whut's whuspert ïn yer ear, on page 9
Whan ït wus daylicht, he depairtit an went tae a d on page 77
dairk wull be heerd ïn braid daylicht, an whut ye hae whuspert aboo on page 91

3 matches

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