| luif | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 11.2 | 36 | 12 |
| 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 | |||
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | |||
| DOR - General Northern | |||
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 35.8 | 14 | 1 |
| WCE - West Central | |||
| DUN - Dundee | |||
| EDN - Edinburgh | 62.8 | 10 | 2 |
| GLA - Glasgow | |||
| AYR - Ayrshire | 26.2 | 2 | 2 |
| LAL - General Central | 9.4 | 7 | 4 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.5 | 1 | 1 |
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | |||
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | |||
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | 88.3 | 1 | 1 |
| 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) |
Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
tried tae soond juist aff-the-luif, "what fettle?"
Twa students cam by, luif at luif. Ye dinna aften see the stude
awà fae her. She catches his luif in hers again an thegither th
3 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
lat faa the chainge intae ma luif an turned back tae the white
ttin faa the chainge intae ma luif again like a pan o bilin fat.
A presses the coin intil her luif. It comes ower ma hert a dunt
A wis cauld but whan A pat ma luif til't ma brou wis like a lowe
s. A can see masel takkin her luif in mines an stappin the coin
6 matches
Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
. Than he hauddit up hiz foir luif as the Mowdiewort stauppit ca
n the sunnlicht, he trailed a luif i the wattir an dramed lang d
axed the Mowdiewort, waffin a luif towart a bakgrun o widdlaun a
3 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ed the lad’s weather-hackit luif against the back o his ain wr
Hsien held oot his haun, luif upwards, an for a split saico
She raised baith hauns, luif up-the-wey. Whit for no?
till the nails bit intae his luif. Gin this wis whit Beatrice w
finger in the ither body’s luif, bit wi an elegant flourish.
6 matches
Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
taunin et the dure he tuk her luif an wad hae daunced wi her, bu on page 42
1 matches
Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
I lay my luif, first ane then t'ither, on t on page 36
1 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
nae manage. Bit cam up wi her luif smoort in dug muck thit hid b on page 67
1 matches
Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Sloth, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
nae takin his luif tae yer lug.
1 matches