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The word 'ruit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ruitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61811
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 4
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 90.8 5 1

Occurrences of ruit in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
throu the houss frae crap ti ruit an fand nocht.
speir the ruit o hiz ill. Dunts an swaps fra
2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
a stranded tree-stump an ruit system, on page 16

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
-heidit Scots inhauddin baith ruit an ryse. This is ti kythe the on page 10

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Man frae the pictur, and the ruit cause o hunger and owerwark i
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
thaim. He cud feel ilk knurly ruit as he hystit the sacks ontae
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
d tae yir heid an it wull tak ruit strauchtweys. Yull be mair bo on page 14

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Out circlin frae the parent ruit on page 3

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
wap thegither mair nor the ae ruit, an gin there juist the ae ru
, an gin there juist the ae ruit, than they’re like tae hae
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
utional agnosticism micht tak ruit. We sall see. At onie rate, t
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
but back end suns nae dernit ruit haes slain,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
but bi ruit an bogle, on page 36

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
God's hatchit ïs noo at tha ruit o tha trees, an thaim that dà on page 3
in oot tha weeds, ye'll mebbe ruit up tha wheat alang wi thaim. on page 9
9God's hatchit ïs noo at tha ruit o tha trees an thaim that dï on page 74
ulberry tree: 'Cum oot bi tha ruit an plant yersel ïn tha sea', on page 98

5 matches

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