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The word 'bields'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bieldsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91311
ORK - Orkney
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 bields in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
we're here, we can mak three bields for ye, een for you, een for on page 96

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Wha bields in yon bit housie, Wi its cou (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

McLachlan, Jack Glessheids maun wale guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate, (University of Maine 2019) Central - Ceres, prose
kittelt up bi bidin thegither bields thaim frae ither stressors an
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Bields thaim baith. Alane by the beu on page 72

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
prince, 'is that someplace it bields a well.' on page 78

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Greengowd in dinless bields an still on page 36
ndal's spray-pent, dear bocht bields on page 39

2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Association mainteens semple bields in back-lyin airts (www.mount on page 65

2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ies. In particular, oor ettle bields the weish for tae see mair vi
1 matches

McMillan, Hugh The Return of the Brownie of Blednoch, (no publisher recorded 2022) Central, poetry
raken mill an the auld braken bields,
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
douse it. The beasts an thair bields were scorched, an there wis n
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ans bi the strand aa gey dear bields on page 30

1 matches

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