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The word 'flyan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flyanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.3177
ORK - Orkney 159 16 6
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
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)
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 flyan in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ey stagger, the fiddles still flyan, on page 27

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
an doon and sent me poor burd flyan. on page 13
on that boat," he said. Ah'm flyan home, by hell. on page 21
The years go flyan backwards and I whistle a dif on page 69
ly weddeen and the night gaed flyan by. on page 73
ar than that, They wir playan flyan sassers wi me bonny floory ha on page 74

7 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
oan the buzzer, an wis flyan back doon on page 8

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
met him at the gate her erms flyan aboot pointan tae the field, on page 129

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
sparks flyan, jumpan tae start on page 56
ey stagger, the fiddles still flyan on page 152

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
o white lace flyan on page 18

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ers o sightings o these birds flyan ivvrywhar since grimleens thi
owre the piece? Cattie-faces flyan by day light? Droll folk in c
heen tae the rumours that are flyan aboot. You ken whit everyoneâ
3 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
rose up intill e air, an came flyan doon on her; she gave a peedy on page 118

1 matches

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