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The word 'waefu'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
waefuOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.43814
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 2
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 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)

Occurrences of waefu in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
nickety wyes o weemen; an the waefu state o the wardle. But the w on page 88

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - Rubies an Siller, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
An pitheids whaur waefu wives fret, on page 47

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An waefu wis his singin,
mak a bedraggled waefu sicht,
tae ca the doctor in, though waefu at the fee,
an waefu thocht, "That's no fur me,
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
her mouth, an aw to cloak the waefu corruption o her nature! Ay,
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ttish cultur in general, an a waefu ane for those o us wha war yo on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
grown up nou." she added in a waefu tone; "juist as weel there's on page 35
tae it!" pleadit Alison in a waefu tone. An she thocht tae herse on page 44

2 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
wes nae mair ower. He wes gey waefu ower the heid o this an said on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
tae mak it soond Doolsome and Waefu. 'I thocht they liked awthin. on page 22
and Sairie Teeger, a Wee and Waefu Teeger, an Och-Rabbit-Iam-tha on page 104
the end-up, an awfie Wee and Waefu Rabbit heard him. And the Wee on page 117

7 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
His hairns war but a waefu clat on page 58

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
auchty auld hoose and her ain waefu weird. Though trystit wi Aene on page 128

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
the factory kythed intil a waefu symbol o prejudice an the ill
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
pu waefu tales fae richt inside me. on page 63
int dicht an watterin amang a waefu routh o daicent wather, helli on page 77

3 matches

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