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The word 'swords'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swordsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.93820
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 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 185.5 4 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 104.8 8 1
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 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) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of swords in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
the fields wae aixes and wae swords. on page 43

2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
n cam ta life an gied fir dir swords, bit Jesus telt dem ta tak pa on page 145

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
faced each ither, drew their swords and shot each ither .... Ah t
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
waas. Paintings, sculptures, swords, spears and shields lined the
y tae chop ye wi their raised swords.
2 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
hat yin. Arras skite aff him. Swords jist tickle his belly. Ye're on page 6
Aw efterninn, chappin wi thie swords and jaggin wi the bleezin tor on page 13
ut it wis ower late. Wi their swords oot, Diomedes and his men wer on page 37
terin Hercules and his men wi swords and chibs. The sailors tried on page 41

4 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
? Then they've fell oan their swords fur this generation before. A on page 141

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
m a handfu o sodgers wi drawn swords in their hands. 'Have you see on page 24

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s cairried as weill’s thair swords, an he wis hackin at the manâ
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
it dae YOU know aboot samurai swords, Sammy?' mah maw asks me. Fai on page 171

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n tallied about saxty mair wi swords or pistols, an a few wi muske on page 35
ets ahint thaim .. . Thaim wi swords an pistols an scythes, oot on on page 36
eheld in the thrap o pikes an swords an men an beasts, a man hingi on page 38
ty, alangside a hantle o auld swords an pistols slairit wi creesh on page 42
r backs while twa ithers held swords at their craigs. Then Claverh on page 45
Also on pages 47, 53
8 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Fowk in Mull Drounit bi reik. Swords scythit Kintyre Reapin Scots on page 14

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
he castles, brek oot guns and swords, on page 5

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O rival swords, wi Tetanus tae cut on page 46

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Let their swords, like ma wirds, on page 35

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
brustin shellfire, is wuiddin swords riss an fell, inveesible hors on page 63
Forleetit swords an horses swick becam Spitfir on page 64

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
like a wappon in shape, like swords or spears. Anither weel kent
1 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
hough they dinnae hae guns or swords, tae prevent onyone getting a
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
the muskets, pistols, basket-swords broad-swords, dirks, targes,
broad-swords, dirks, targes, and the first

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
dirl i the wund like the swords
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
he' sayed, "Loard, here's twa swords." Sayed he bak tae thaim, "Th on page 107
ayed, "Loard, shud we tak oor swords tae thaim?" An yin o thaim hu on page 108

3 matches

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