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The word 'layed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
layedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.9168
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
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 127.2 7 1

Occurrences of layed in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
it a Caberray nicht we a meel layed on an awthein, plus twa caise on page 38

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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
teen oot the nine steens. She layed the steens in front o the fir
e said, “See tae it she’s layed tae rest wi aa honours and th
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General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
lang wait. Aneath his body he layed an auld, sack covered, therma
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(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the en o the pletfurm, at wes layed wi
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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
on. The group eh lassies wurr layed oot sparkled er the flair, un
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
roond wi a soor dook face an layed aff at thaim aboot shawin the
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Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
t wi a secht o fu pleisur, an layed hissell bak seilfu intil the
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General Central

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
e. Dis yir Myther ken ye’ve layed oot yir barra fyr a mortal?â€
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Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ers o men." An richt awa the' layed doon thair neyts an the' foll on page 4
An Levi layed on a bïg dennèr ïn hïs ai on page 78
d nae answer tae that. Sae he layed hïs han on tha man, an he he on page 94
¯n tha Hoose o God, yis niver layed a han on me. But thïs ïs th on page 108
lapt ït ïn linen claith, an layed ït ïn a tomb cut oot o tha on page 110

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