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The word 'kith'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kithOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31713
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 56.2 4 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of kith in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
freens Or yer brithers or yer kith an kin nor yer weel-aff neepe on page 105

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
s ilkane twyned frae aw thair kith an kin, sae thai hedna onie c
1 matches

McLachlan, Jack Glessheids maun wale guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate, (University of Maine 2019) Central - Ceres, prose
they are pairt o the ‘richt kith an kin’ –that’s whit sc
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
His kin and his kith, even on page 155

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
wad. Auld Tammas had left nae kith or kin. The Earl o Dumfries' on page 62
ereft, in a trice, o the only kith an kin she had in the hale wa on page 66

2 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
et o aa the ongauns amang the kith an kin, ither leets haed nae on page 14

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wha hummelt hissel tae be our kith and kin. on page 97

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
lang syne efter forebeirs an kith an kin. Employees taks a swat
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris On Times Austere, (words.krishaddow.com 2012) Central, poetry
Be thankit for your kith and kin
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
y flitted owre wi a clatter o kith an kin an made Newton (Newtow
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
aun tae lea Daniel wi his ain kith an kin. He b'langs here." on page 7

1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
bein hannit oan til tha nixt kith-en. Adae wi wurd o mooth hame on page 17
ll be hannit oan til tha nixt kith-en. Faimlies wi a mither or f on page 42
lstèr-Scotch leid athort tha kith-ens. on page 43

4 matches

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