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The word 'awfae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
awfaeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.8164
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.8 12 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 awfae in Corpus

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Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Yon's awfae! Sae whit cam o you efter?" A on page 98
A cuidnae stop fidgin sumhin awfae masel wi ma erse gaun taibitl on page 100

2 matches

West Central

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
It wis awfae daurk oot in th loaby an quie
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
auld carl's tirrivie wes fair awfae. He stendit til hiz feit, dre on page 7

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
he brig ahint ye daesnae leuk awfae sauf!' on page 20
'It's awfae cauld. Cuid ye no gies a haun on page 23
'A'm awfae taigelt, A juist want tae sle on page 24

4 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'You'r in a awfae lick this mornin,' speirt wee on page 59

4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
y micht hae tae raik throu an awfae sources an maist sasines haes on page 52

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"A hiv ma doots, least thay'r awfae hungert nor awfae muckle!" on page 79
"It's awfae muckle for a ratton. Is it no on page 81

3 matches

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