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The word 'sword'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swordOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus33.411135
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central 412.8 9 2
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 3
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 3
GLA - Glasgow 160.8 32 2
AYR - Ayrshire 85.4 8 2
LAL - General Central 35.5 27 10
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 72.7 4 1

Occurrences of sword in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
land Fling wis murder and the Sword Dance hid me baet. on page 3

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
el brakkan steel, a draem o a sword. on page 46

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
telt some-ean ta bring him a sword. on page 25

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
e root o the name comes fae a sword or blade.(2020)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
attle, afore he cud even draa sword, an the wee broon burn o Corr
wirmwid, sherp as a twa-edged sword. Her feet gyang doon tae Dait
oot afore ye, a Pilgrim wi a sword fur ilkie dragon!
3 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
at double hannit sword near twice my size on page 36
At muckle sword the Wallace nivver eesed? on page 37

2 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
the steens shaws an image o a sword, a shinty stick an a baa as t
1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
pit aa the MacDonalds tae the sword. Uncle Sanny wis a MacDonald,
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ced aff. He stobbed it wi his sword but the blade couldna jag thr on page 8
eart at nothin and birlin his sword in the air, he ran ower the s on page 12
bahookie wi the flat en o his sword and the buhl went birlin thro on page 33
uddies." Hercules grabbed his sword. "Come on, we're offski." on page 35
ules clapped his haun tae his sword. Instantly aw the Amazon warr on page 39
Also on pages 51, 53, 56
8 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ntae the history pages wi his sword swingin an bluid in his een w
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an angel wi a flamin sword
Jist wave yer flamin sword aboot -
2 matches

Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
rest o ’em ah see. Tak yer sword wi ye and we’ll git ye a’
Ah picked up ma sword tae follae alang an soon we s
saw the bullet refleck aff ma sword.
3 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
guistic ettle wis uphaudit bi sword, siller, an state. Maist Euro
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
-grubbin weys; fire, tempest, sword - on page 105
prick an aa) chappit aff wi a sword! on page 112
awfy kickin, wis whackt wi a sword, an hud on page 113

3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wi great success wi a muckle sword that had a crookit blade. He on page 20

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the shairp sword o News, or bowed afore on page 112

2 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ded. We chairged wi’ targe, sword an’ dirk. Cannister sprayin
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ggle. He haundit her a widden sword an shawed her foo tae wield i
Whan he gied her a real sword tae practise wi, he replaced
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
. Mah uncle goat me a samurai sword, Big dullion so it is. This h on page 171
Ah put mah sword up the stair wi the rest ae m on page 172
Ah come back doon wi mah sword behind mah back. on page 173
n Uncle Tommy head oot wi the sword, the fruit an oor cerry oot. on page 174
'Right, gies the sword.' He takes it aff me an gies on page 175
Also on pages 176
30 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wur caught oot an put tae the sword by two goals oan the break. J
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
treak ay piss, Monty pullin a sword oot fae behind the armchair;
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
his belt, an a short roustie sword, John had gotten himsel in to on page 34
wi the yellochin Covenanters, sword in haun, an struck it deep in on page 37
ion - an the pistol butts an sword hilts o his troopers - tae t on page 45
disciples, shuid faa tae the sword o that godless Bruce o Earlsh on page 52

7 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
hen the Queen yaised the same sword that Elisabeth the First o En on page 15

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
front o Matthew, were jokinly sword-fechtin each other wi thir ru on page 43

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Stabbing stabbing a sword in her womb on page 40

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
rather ging tae Odin sword in haun, nor scraip oan his y on page 14

6 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
him no her and fell upon his sword, on page 72

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
r the roost on a covenanter's sword on page 18

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
layin waste wi fire an sword, on page 35

12 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
" the sodger said, drawin his sword, "or ye can tell me efter I'v on page 36

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
he taks pairt in, recitin an sword-dauncin. Whan he wis wi the M on page 127

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
kenspeckle in the warld o sword dancing,
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
the heavens, and after that a sword in the air over above the tol
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
dance round the double-edged sword of fash, on page 8

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
dance round the double-edged sword of fash,
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
r o dugs An spare me frae tha sword. on page 65

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ae cum tae bring peace, but a sword. Fer Ahae cum tae turn a man on page 9
ou Mary, sorra as shairp as a sword wull stab yer hairt." on page 73
o thaim wull be kïllt bi tha sword; ithers'll be tuk awa an skai on page 105
im wi yis. An ïf ye hinnae a sword, sell tha cóat aff yer bak, on page 107

4 matches

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