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Use in varieties of Scots

laigh Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.7 4 4.4 0 0 51.7 4.8
Number of occurrences198 3 0 0 5 1
Number of authors11 6 2 2 1

Occurrences of laigh in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
verit. Ah happit masel bi the laigh chaulmer. on page 14

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ba it wis a gey dreich day wi laigh cloods an a haar that smoored on page 23

3 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Back-Eyn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
for years we've fleen laigh, caa'ed canny, on page 70

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
In the coontin hooses o the laigh countrie on page 117

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n he heard hes mum lauchin. A laigh, couthie soond. ‘Here,’ s
1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Laigh awa, ablow the poupit an the
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
an e laigh bum-bizzin o e bees: on page 63

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e; an he leans forrit an says laigh-in ''Ere was es morning, I ar on page 90

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
They takk the laigh road hame
1 matches

Southern

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
rae an muntain sall be makkit laigh,
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
@ScotsDictionars Laigh is well yaised athort the kin(2020) search twitter
@dgplacenames An acoorse Laigh Fenwick, bottom hauf o the ve(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
tha like o a bathruim oan tha laigh)?
1 matches

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