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The word 'feigur'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
feigurOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.9167
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 2
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of feigur in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
muckle, menacin, bleck-gouned feigur o Arnold Montgomery M.A., Hei on page 97
lest he seen her wee, stowfie feigur plowdin alang Grant Street an on page 99

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
i a crouse mene on a sklenner feigur busked i the maist braw avyse
he wuid be a kenspekkil feigur i the burgh. Sae Mirren flied
feigur ti kythe, bot the vann drave
3 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
, an made himsel a kenspekkil feigur on the Scottish leiterarie sc on page 3

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
wi his ettils bi makkin a wax feigur o hir, an bi uisin aw kinna n on page 139
hame sauf. But ae nicht, his feigur cums ti hir, kestin nae shada on page 142
m a major Scottish leiterarie feigur, an thon's no aucht ti be lic on page 143

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
aphie o a trulie extraordinar feigur i the life o Twantieth Centur
e as the byordnar influential feigur he wes, but as a man, bi aw a
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
The clane delicat lings o hir feigur, the by-ordinar delyte an per on page 1

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
nie lass, wi a fine an sonsie feigur at gart the antrin chiel on t on page 28

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
demand" fae bodies. Anent the feigur o 1.5 million; this wesna tae on page 121

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
nou leives in ceities an this feigur wul increase. Millions o fowk
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
Canna no mak mention o a wee feigur o an acrobat inby wi his haun on page 5

1 matches

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