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The word 'frail'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
frailOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71913
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 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 frail 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.

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
to see you gettan owld and frail on page 144

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An operation left him frail on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the slender fingirs, fite an frail-lookin against his. "Ah can s on page 89

1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ch o bullies pickin on a peer frail mannie. Fit's he done tae ye, on page 74

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ae lash clean ower the pier's frail caul, that's fan on page 40

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
frail auld wifie. It turned oot at
She looked affa frail bit she cood shift. Wi a wave
2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
d or thereaboot. She wis ower frail an auld tae be lowpin oot o b
1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ce mair," she instructit, her frail frame shakin. on page 1

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
O kisses frail as dew, deid filter-tips on page 59

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
iceeous-like, Doris poued her frail arms into her coat sleeves an
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ge in ithers, anaw. Ah mind a frail auld lady comin up tae me at
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he room, glancin back tae the frail auld ghost ay a wummin lyin t
rimental to her. She’s very frail, I know it’s difficult but
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
oun stuid heid-doun afore his frail auld parents in the dark smee on page 22
aither wis gettin gey auld an frail nou; an his puir mither wis o on page 25
wis ower muckle tae expeck a frail auld man tae tramp nine mile on page 40

3 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
warsle for the seik and frail on page 21

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O kisses frail as dew; deid filter-tips on page 75

1 matches

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