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The word 'guddle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
guddleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83518
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 26.5 20 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 62.4 5 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of guddle in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
r doonfaa. An dey'll git in a guddle an no fin dir wye oot o it. on page 69

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
haan her foo ta catch mice an guddle sillocks at da shore.
1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ou tae the brim wi dishes. Ah guddle aneath the sink and haul oot on page 44

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Because I wis involved in the guddle an stramash that summer wi be on page 57

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Am awa oot ti guddle for tatties #Dubs(2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ts language wis tae mak sic a guddle o thair ondings as Allan Brow
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
mpden when we're takkin oot a guddle o P.E. teachers an pairt-time
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
haos comes aboot. An siccan a guddle will likely no be bad fer us. on page 11

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r faither they learnt hou tae guddle for troots, an whaur the big on page 74

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
the colour o his claes. Sae I guddle alang as best I can, whiles g on page 21

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
still reddin a path throu the guddle o plastic flooerpots an auld on page 5

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
in his bedroom gawpin at the guddle. There wis a muckle hole in t on page 47
die cawed back. 'Ye're gonnae guddle up the haill hoose, on page 48

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
micht, hooanever, lead til a guddle whan spellin oot Scots. on page 16

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
freend Brock,' he said, "this guddle's aw ma faut...' on page 447

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
irns' claes, aw piled up in a guddle. Insteid o toys, or books, or on page 29
en though they've made a pure guddle o it. Richt awbody, c'mon in on page 49
at she jist looked like a wee guddle o clooties. Klaus hadnae telt on page 94
laes. Klaus went ower tae the guddle o curtains tae wake up his we on page 101
how yese are ayeweys makkin a guddle o ma plans, Ony fairmer will on page 108
Also on pages 132
6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
ilka bairn wants a guddle on page 30

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
n musical terms, she's a pure guddle!" on page 103

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
drapes werna poud. OH whit a guddle! Wetter wis rinnin doon the w on page 118

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
feet wi the laces in a total guddle.
€˜Ye’ve wormholed intae the Guddle Glen,’ said Snorl. ‘Owerb
ae veesit her, I get in sic a guddle that I end up in a different
tae ask mair. Kat stertit tae guddle up her pasta intae a ricklie
4 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
airtit dirlin; it wis a utter guddle. Nae the gist or the guidwill
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
then silence, an then anither guddle o voices - "Haud up heis hei on page 37
t aw, as th game was in sic a guddle that she ne'er kent whither e on page 84
sayin, an th words came in a guddle indeed: on page 103
neebor tae tell um. "A richt guddle their slates'll b' in afore t on page 108
nervy at th Queen, an in heis guddle hei bit a muckle bit oot o ei on page 110

5 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
guddle me oot. The nun stepped forwa
1 matches

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