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The word 'kest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.4188
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 24.4 10 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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 kest in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
isappintit. Efter the saicant kest, A was jist liftin the flees
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
n! (Slee) Ahint this dyke A'l kest ma bunnil. Nae dout this guid on page 48

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
thocht o the faither that had kest him oot, an his subsequent st on page 77

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e threit at the wraks wuid be kest lowss gin the Inglish socht t
ma treisur. Bot ye maunna be kest doun, lass,
whan ye wiss ti gain thair kest.
s gaed hame ti Gaitsgill fair kest
fur seids. Thair shaddaes wes kest ontil the steikit
7 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
kest. No a singil straik o licht c
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
itt o whyt fyre, gied hir the kest o a craitur o eiss an flamb. on page 1
ich cullour, at incressit hiz kest o brukkilnes. He feillit a wh on page 2

2 matches

General Central

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
i the ithers, thay haes aften kest a wee xenophobic policie in f
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n the fack that we turn up an kest oor ballots ilka couple o yea
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
olitics, an is strauchlin tae kest aff the apathy an despair bre
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
hat it’s been published, an kest thaim in a bad licht. Near on
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
gin Ah depairt, Ah'l kest nae gledge ahint, on page 40

1 matches

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