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The word 'rade'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
radeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52510
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 53.4 5 2
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 5
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rade in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
at Wind Horse o the East that rade the lift.
r wis deid, an Will Gilchrist rade tae Widside, tae let Minnie's
2 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
is merryin his sweethairt, he rade oot wis his rag-tag o reivers on page 51

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ks frae jaks an pirks as shae rade throu buss an heges. Nane
As thai rade, thai tirned maitters ower in
Than thai rade on ti Grannie Roddenberrie’
hissell in hiz airmour an rade ti seke sanctuar i the fortra
4 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
horss cam ti the duir, an he rade awaw; bot the skipper hauddit on page 9

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an kaimt his hair. Whiles she rade in the back wi him. He wad be
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
t o walkin her oot onytime he rade by Cautrine. Tae some gleg fo on page 26
ril. Ilka day, dragoons still rade up an doun the Sorn road, an on page 58
him as ane o the men that had rade by Cruikedbank juist twa hour on page 59

3 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
n fou, wha breinged furrit an rade atour the jougs, an the haill on page 42

2 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
his ain conceit. Bit while he rade, thon muckle on page 14

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
hae rade their brimstane cuddies on page 51

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Aestlins he rade frae Odoake's wrath on page 87

3 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
the biggin an rade the muckle fraucht lift up in
air haunders forbye, thaim at rade abreid at nicht, riggit out w
suburbs ti the north. I rade hame on the bus syne, out owe
3 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Star Inn Close as his client rade up the brae, tilted his gless
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
his weel-rade God. Keep ma ain. on page 21

1 matches

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