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The word 'knicht'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
knichtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.61510
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 2
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 knicht in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Then up an spake an eldern knicht
Fin the eldern knicht he beat his breast
2 matches

Freeman, Rebekah Honesty, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, weans
sweet knicht, safe licht, yer gone.
1 matches

South Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
ooney when this great bastern knicht comes clatterin past – wan
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
t hedna been for thon atterie Knicht at cam waachlin doun amo my m on page 13
Ailice hed vreiten 'The Fite Knicht is slidderin doun the proker. on page 20

2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
e ar fairly shuir, wisnae the knicht that mony hae claimed, but a
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ma dochter uised, ‘The Blak Knicht’,” sayed
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
airn seeminlie cam aboot: the Knicht Baldwin waunners abraid an ra on page 140

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Be he knicht or no they say, on page 55

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
brocht me here tae clerk fir Knicht Graham, John the Graham. on page 9
d he wis a king, nae a Viking knicht. on page 14

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'A Knicht?' on page 164
when ye hae been made intae a Knicht, and he gaed aff intae a dwam on page 165
nd he wunnered if bein a Leal Knicht meant ye jist cairried on bei on page 166

3 matches

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