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The word 'guaird'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
guairdOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9136
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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 guaird in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ither's company. The security guaird wis weel accustomed tae this
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
enty because Cerberus wis the guaird dug o the netherwarld. on page 51
eash roon him and dragged the guaird dug o the netherwarld back ta on page 56

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
on tae mak siccar there wis a guaird near at haun.
He paused an waved aside the guaird that had come ower whan he he
bluid wis splirtin aa weys. A guaird cam rinnin up wi the first ai
3 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
stic. Sae I kind o drapped my guaird a bit. on page 38

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ter a wee while, they asked a guaird in uniform if they were in th on page 62
man or a wumman, wis staunin guaird. Violet asked if she could ta on page 114

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Staundin guaird here - on page 35

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"Guaird the palace!" the laddie-gener on page 71
the wee tin sodger wis aye on guaird duty sae he couldnae move. on page 73

2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Wi a sojer oan each side tae guaird um; an near th King was th Wh on page 107

1 matches

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