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The word 'faem'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
faemOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32713
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 19.9 15 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 faem in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ts is hurlan ower the yotun's faem: colour an paitren ayont a ar on page 156

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Faem flies aff the bits on page 120

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
its duntin wrack tae faem at sclytes on page 19

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
The prince saw a glisk o fite faem far she swam. He didnae see h on page 115
glimmer o fite faem near the rocks, as tho a wee on page 118
n we dee, we dwine intae fite faem that is naethin at aa, and ar on page 120
'll brak. Ye'll dwine aa inno faem that's pure naethin at aa." on page 121
e wid dee and dwine intae the faem that wis naethin at aa, as th on page 125
Also on pages 128
7 matches

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Faem throu the trees, whaur earth on page 58

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Anely when faem on page 9
Their leeves blowt oot lik faem on page 90

2 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter on page 54

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
a braig tae the faem that daured tae tak on page 56

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
IE SEA bilin waves an furie o faem on page 14

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e a bilin, birlin whirlpool o faem and spindrift. on page 73
the mixtermaxter sterted tae faem up. It got faemier and faemie on page 105

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
. A wunnerfu moontain o white faem biggit up in the big muckle p on page 20
mixter sterted tae slaver and faem. A rich blue reek, the colour on page 32
pairks fliskin in the sworlin faem. on page 33

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
For draigless faem's in the herbour neuk on page 38
Faem throu the trees, whaur earth on page 75

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
puin haird on the snaffle, faem fleein - on page 35

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Men thirlt ti saut an faem telt me the truith. on page 87

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
on the gowden faem-flecked watter, as it plashes on page 18

1 matches

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