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The word 'suld'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
suldOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7126
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 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)
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 suld in Corpus

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General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
suld pass - ice, fire, or warse: on page 43
o masel, yer dochter wha suld on page 44

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
irdly man, an Aud telt him he suld mairrie. He wis biddable tae on page 14

1 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
m tae the uiss o the wird. Oo suld hae nae thocht that sin it he on page 59

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ounable, and said als that it suld nocht be his wil in that case on page 20

2 matches

McCabe, Alan Lallans 73 - Unsteek the Door o Ma Hert, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An whitna body suld A be on page 94

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
quastion begs itsel: whit for suld onyane bother owersettin onyt
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
me wey. The meenister said we suld gie prayers fur her. He rang
odils hudna bloomed like they suld, an there wisna a spark o yel
, whan her tale hud endit. “Suld we tell fowk ye’re come ham
tell fowk ye’re come hame? Suld we lat them ken ye’re sauf
4 matches

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