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The word 'guidwyfe'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
guidwyfeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.4245
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 33 13 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 62.4 5 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 guidwyfe in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
Nou guidwyfe, pit Luve awa, on page 48

8 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the brig. John hed hecht hiz guidwyfe ti caw cannie tho. Thai
Whan he wun ti the ferm, the guidwyfe
“Bot John hes bairns an a guidwyfe.”
s propones wiout tellin hiz guidwyfe an
Bie. Hiz guidwyfe brocht him ti the plece whan
5 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
s insch. He hes priggit at ma guidwyfe ti tak a ying Pecht maisson t on page 43
maisson an speired eftir hiz guidwyfe, fur shae a hard at he hed ma on page 45

2 matches

General Central

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Guidwyfe o the Xiang Watter on page 21
Guidwyfe o the Ben on page 29
lleach, the Eastren Lord, the Guidwyfe o Xiang Watter or the Lord In on page 33

3 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Guidwyfe an sinn wes leift ahint thair on page 87

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
27. On the Daith o his Guidwyfe: Mei Yao Ch’en (1002-1060)
Ma brither an his guidwyfe
Ma guidwyfe lykes ti be hostess
ON THE DAITH O HIS GUIDWYFE
Ma guidwyfe reads the clessics.
5 matches

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