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The word 'edward'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
edwardOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.63415
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 463.7 10 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.6 4 2
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 edward in Corpus

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
Edward Langshanks wis mairchin north
Edward’s airmy, ance it cam deep i
ccident or design, spies telt Edward that Wallace wis anely a few
Edward brocht his forces (mebbe sae
ert English resoorces awa fae Edward Langshanks’ drive intae Sco
8 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
n an controllin in the nemm o Edward Langshanks. Wallace cam oot t
kent it wadnae be lang afore Edward an the English wad be back up
2 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Tae see whit Edward is aboot;
Come Edward on! A dinnae doot
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he same time, an that Charles Edward Stewart wis still actively tr on page 61

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
invasion by the English King Edward 1, or Langshanks as he wis ke on page 22

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
yed hir erest buiks wes cryed Edward Farncombe, ane airmie offishe on page 4
ae hamewith fur a veisit, bot Edward hed a hert onset, an wes in o on page 6

4 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Edward F. H. Chisnall Hogmanay 2020 on page x

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ered intae the hert o Maister Edward Johnston, captain o the Saint on page 31

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
oor braw Stane that Edward daured tae rieve; on page 36

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
raham, bobbin an scraipin tae Edward. Na, he kens weill Langshank' on page 9

2 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Cruel Edward o England, on page 100
At the monument til King Edward 1 o England at the shore by B on page 101

2 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the glowerin, gurlie ootlin, Edward Hyde. An whatna richt feechie on page 119

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Stevenson gaes on tae quote Edward Boyd wha in the 1970s remarke
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
er the merciless pillaging bi Edward I o England, i 1296, an
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
aWoman @Linda_60_B Nae, since Edward I, a believe(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
migrants tae Lot 59 on Prince Edward Island in Canada. The reason on page 56

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
rtally seek Robert Bruce gart Edward III tae sign the Treaty o Edi on page 27
Charles Edward Stuart dresst on page 50

2 matches

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