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The word 'laith'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
laithOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52517
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 53.4 5 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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 laith in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
an, tho at first he wis kinda laith ta dö it, he began to tell d on page V
e's place, tho shö wis kinda laith ta dö it. Da Hat-makker wis on page 75

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ays till them, "Ye gypes, foo laith ye are tae believe fit e prop on page 121

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n early stert,' quo Jock Dow, laith tae stopper the fuskey.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
a coortly tradeetion an he's laith ti faa back on the resources
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
s byordnar hard, but och! A'm laith tae gie it up.
Bit A wis laith tae let her gang.
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
She wis laith tae dae it, but Matilda got t on page 155

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ie hul-toun, an thai aw hett, laith, cry doun an calumpniat ilk t on page 1

1 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
I laith politics. The leeing, the fec
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
than laith masel... on page 5
Sae laith his disparagin luik on page 29

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
kit the ither wey, ashamed an laith tae tak pairt in this cruel h on page 46
afore his wife an weans, were laith tae move, an ower slow tae co on page 47
for some eerie reason, he wis laith tae stert oot for the Mains. on page 57
zed her tae her feet, she wis laith tae lae it goa. Likewise Edam on page 70
s meat. Even then, he wis gey laith tae rise, an ower keen tae li on page 75

5 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Saicrets ye wid be laith on page 104

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Sweir wis his horse an sadly laith war we on page 24

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
A laith rattons! Thay war scunnersome on page 80
this braw ratton jist cause A laith rattons? 'Earthborn companion on page 83

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
dinna gie a strae for aa her laith! on page 42

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
I’m laith tae say it, but dubs the day
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
win.' Jist as yin day he'd be laith fu at Glesca's mauk baneyerd on page 60

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Sae, laith, Tib sclimt on the shooglie c
1 matches

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