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The word 'faister'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
faisterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.1177
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
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 faister in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
bul weis, thi Trust weis faar faister thin heis, so he weis catchen on page 12
we seemed tae speed up a lot faister, we kint couse o thi soon o t on page 49

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
"Foo nae? Foo nae?" "Cause faister than aa on page 1

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
appyntit. "Ah'd like te dee't faister." on page 19

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
man'll bi gaun back te nature faister then he thinks: he's bein bee on page 14

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Nick's fingers were gaan faister, on page 27

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
near. Her mither cairriet on faister wi the wippin o the worsit, a
rs fur help, it sterted again,faister an faister, as if he his lung
an faister, as if he his lungs war bladd
tichtened, his braithin grew faister agaiun.
4 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
. An awa he wint, twangin awa faister an faister; bit nae maitter f on page 88

2 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
disna stop bletherin an drive faister' quo ma mither as doonpitten on page 51

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
lugs as he tried tae gang een faister. Sull the licht wis gettin cl on page 66

1 matches

General Central

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Ceilidh, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
faister an faister on page 115

2 matches

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