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The word 'eldest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eldestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71912
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 2
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of eldest in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
raft o buildan fallen tae the eldest, as roond and roond on page 95

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ger tae work wi her being the eldest of a family of seven, fower b
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
wi black an reed Fimo, an ma eldest an is cousin haudin e Monimus (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
gye different reasons - the eldest tae become an actor oan the W on page 77

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
hat ar of substance put thair eldest sonnis and airis to the sculi
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
nday name, Josephine, was the eldest of Doris’s siblings). Her l
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Helen Jackman, Auckland, eldest dochter on page 21

3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
their ain chores an whan his eldest, Mayota, cam tae the door he on page 78

2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
parkas. Big Kenzie isnae the eldest there. It's fae aboot eightee on page 21

2 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
er Fair Holidays alang wi her eldest dochter Mary an her Guidson, on page 23

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Helen Jackman, Auckland, eldest dochter
O eldest dochter o eldest dochter,
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
By Alexander's eldest son on page 50

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
It's about Miss Higgins, yer eldest daughter." on page 40

1 matches

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