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The word 'wolves'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wolvesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12610
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 33.2 13 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
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)

Occurrences of wolves 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.

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
dilt as though they wur jeegs wolves fleetit doon frae the braes a on page 3

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
caal, aa Scotland's blackest wolves cwid be confrontit by 1 count on page 10

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
t’s tae be duin? In a word: wolves.
line Glen anely a tad bigger. Wolves were huntit and aa wede awaa
aince there were nae packs o wolves schauchlin aroond the place t
to be pretty adaptable, when wolves are around, they’re more vi
on their taes these days. The wolves are aye thrang, nippin at the
13 matches

West Central

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
painted metal was shaped like wolves and thorns that twisted roon
1 matches

Dundee

Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
Flopsy went oot they met twa wolves wha seemed affy interested in
bonnie laddie and chased the wolves awa. Flopsy wis actually a pr
r in a wee cottage wi the twa wolves as their pets.
3 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
itin fur the pack' ae circlin wolves tae attack. They're hesitant. on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'I ken ye've dealt wi wolves afore, on page 46

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
at ony books ye've got aboot wolves," Klaus said, "I'm aw aboot m on page 39
us got himsel twa-three aboot wolves, and Sunny fund a book wi hun on page 68
ll be pickin oot a book aboot wolves the day." on page 81

3 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ae wey. Ye're a sheep amangst wolves, on page 35

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Talkin aboot wolves, the laist wolf at wis seen i
1 matches

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