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The word 'forebye'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
forebyeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.9765
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 740.4 74 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of forebye in Corpus

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General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
a think, I didna barely move, forebye's the neive that held the pen on page 51

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wioot a kipperin forebye on page 95

1 matches

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
wittens can bae gat in Inglis forebye. on page 2
erin' an' strategic functions forebye. on page 4
s apt policies an' procedures forebye. The heigh on page 8
Mich o' the Ect applies forebye tae fowk wi' a disablement in on page 39

16 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
er cultural wealtht represent forebye a 'saft pouer' o' on page 15
This waark concluded forebye at: on page 16
on bes aboot mair nor catter. Forebye public fundin hit's aboot thi on page 17
an' culture. We alloo forebye at hit wul loose the "saft po on page 21
the plen, an ootcum o' NDNA forebye, hes a remit adae wi' Ulster- on page 25
Also on pages 26, 30, 32, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 65, 672, 68, 70, 71, 72
56 matches

Depairtment fur Commonities Hargey announces heidwie oan plens fer Airish an’ Ulster-Scots, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
s, Airish an’ Ulster-Scots. Forebye thon A hae pit oot a public â
owk Museum quhar she wus toul forebye aboot the National Museums No
2 matches

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