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The word 'wynd'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wyndOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51513
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wynd 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

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
he gowd leam o the yotun. The wynd mirkens. "Hid's like thir waa on page 99

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
tap we wid crunk a hunnul tae wynd up thi big waicht on a cheyn, on page 5

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Up crooked wynd an lane;
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
in roon the corner intae Back Wynd. He stairted efter them, bit on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
knit It's a TV programme min. Wynd yer neck in. Watch another ch(2019)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
an went stourin awa doun the Wynd ti the primary schuil, leavin
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ws' street name frae Baxter's Wynd tae Baker's Lane. The likes o
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
shop is tae be fund at 24 Cou Wynd, Fawkirk. Reid Moffat, ane o
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
's vyce rings doun each nerra wynd, on page 86

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
entre o the toun is Couttie's Wynd. Nouadays it's jist a back al on page 16

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
aboot him, greased the wynd's bleared hush. on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Shakin like a haw in the wynd on page 141

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
ews, the fact that Baxter’s Wynd is nou the ‘more elegant’
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Lallans 82 - Edinburgh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
e apen stance, throu close an wynd on page 57

2 matches

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