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The word 'swell'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swellOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81613
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of swell in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
pproach with details of tide, swell & landing conditions for the (2020)

Shetland

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
da gale blawin an a wasterly swell runnin
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
he could fairly act the swell on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"At's a gey swell-leukin timepiece ye'v bin get on page 21
"Oooh...afta swell." Ma pal, Muggie, tittit the on page 28

2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
He thocht hou, yont the ocean swell, A son o this Largo on page 11

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
e send a faither or a son tae swell the Clan’s ranks! When we g
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Then jine an’ swell yon stirrin’ noise,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
er waist, atween the flattent swell o her bound-up breists - tha
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
There’s a steady swell ay movement taewards the bar
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
SWAW SEA sma swell wi wee crests BROUSTIE SEA mu on page 14

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an yer hert began tae swell. on page 39

1 matches

Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
lism but a real philanthropic swell that isnae gaein awa. Monie S
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
atween the swell o young buttocks, on page 30

1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
ter in the middle tae make it swell
1 matches

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