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The word 'altar'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
altarOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32113
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 2
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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) 58.1 1 1
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 altar in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
sark, steps apae the aald wid altar an harks in Øyvind's lug. Th on page 128

1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
whan we could gaddir afore da altar, an still noo on Zoom - maes
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ock Dow set up the makk-shift altar fur the nicht's proceedins, a
the halflins come up tae the altar an kneel in a circle roon him
therin treetled back tae the 'altar', far the fusky bottles war o
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
gither tae their walk tae the altar. Neil hid bin lanesome, raise
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
penny caunles'll brenn at Yer altar whan nicht the gangrel wi's k on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
aureen set the things oan the altar. The spell was no tae influen on page 1

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
re I am, staunin richt at the altar, keekin up at Ye in the stain
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Oan the altar o Mammon an progress. on page 27

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
nnie but sweirt bride til the altar.
an sees a gauntlet inablo the altar. He taks it doun, no kennin t
2 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
air. Bit up the end where the altar wid huv been, there wis this
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ikit tae pray aa nicht bi the altar. Sae he pit Granflaith awa fr on page 14

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
At Communion, I knelt at the altar and Father Graham placed the on page 3

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
g maun bei sacrifeesed on the altar o thaim twae saicred Kye, i p
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
But madness come frae Bacchus altar - The whiskey bauld." Hitchi on page 59

1 matches

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