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The word 'idol'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
idolOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5155
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 idol in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ied up on da Loard and med an idol oot o gold. Hit wis dere dat on page 16

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
The Yalla Idol
the sayin oot. Finiver a new idol wis biggit, the Hindu sculpto
ae glower inno the face o the idol fin its pouers war brocht tae
war the hairt an sowel o the idol, fur the een saw aathin, an m
Jeems spakk o the wee yalla idol o Ganesh, the elephant God, h
11 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
IDOL O' THE RICHEST O' THE LAND,
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Pop Gaes the Idol, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
Pop Gaes the Idol on page 114

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
ain which draped an choked an idol. on page 112

1 matches

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