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The word 'forge'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
forgeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3148
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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 forge in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
d tae watch him workan at the forge his thick leather peenie tied on page 33

1 matches

General Northern

@glenlivetloon tweeted
jist grown apairt... time tae forge oor ain road forrit.(2020)

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
in the enchauntit cave, as ah forge forrit as a scriever. Poets a
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An forge thaim wi a newer, keener edge on page 28

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gither; times at work at the Forge, an the shipyerds efter that.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hite-hot heat ay the Parkheid Forge an the bloody wild west ay th
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
acroass the road there in the Forge.’
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
railway bridge, the Parkheid Forge shoppin centre presents itsel
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
thick blue-grey reek frae the forge on page 79
thae stanemasons biggin that forge.' on page 80

2 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
eekless coal in a haip on the forge hearth syne licht the kindlin on page 21
e it wis Archie's shot on the forge. A wis back ower on ma binch on page 22

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
In by the forge, Granfaither wid be bent ower on page 21

2 matches

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