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The word 'leal'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lealOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus165227
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 25.4 10 5
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 30.5 23 11
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of leal in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wis hard-wirkin, ambitious an leal; bit kinno blate wi weemin.
1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ithers an aa he gets for his leal-hertit werk is clouts an kick on page 26

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
mense he wis due, an nae bein leal tae Scotland. Houaniver we’
the heid o the airmy, or his leal neebor Andra Murray. Murray w
2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
wis that, quate, suithfast an leal, bidin i the backgrun but aye on page 10

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
luved ye hauf aneuch. Ye'r as leal-hertit as onie coushie-dou, a on page 48

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
raw buke gies bearins on: the leal thing that did maitter. on page 96

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma Ellen, ye were leal an true.
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
icity (that o bein the true - leal- leid o the Scots people) an
staunnart o whit is 'real', 'leal, an 'proper' is definit bi a
ig, there isna sic a thing as leal or genuine Scots. Tak Burns:
AYONT THE FAKE OR THE LEAL: SCOTS AS A HAPPENIN
wrang, ayont the fake an the leal.
5 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ie flittit til the Laun o the Leal. Juist in case onie bodie dis on page 3

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
!' an 'Fareweill' til a richt leal lad o pairts an a braw Buchan on page 5

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The guid commander, wha'd bin leal an brave, on page 98

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ter sum mair sik ongauns, his leal hoond wins hame forby. She se on page 137
stour, but she haesna been a leal wife. John kills hir, but eft on page 139

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
is lang hame i the Laun o the Leal. Ye'll fin a braw testimonie on page 6

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ht and leesome thing tae haud leal tae Mr Cameron (or ‘Maister
Their maist leal-hertit disciples wis the twa
2 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
e name - "gies the keing his leal wisses an howpes he'll tak th on page 42

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - Oan the Daith o John Law, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Or the strang, leal luv o lusum weemen:
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
For a bodie can be baith leal an lazy thegither. The wee pr on page 52

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
een a bittie strynge, bit war leal-hertit eneuch no tae caw iz a on page 59

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
a line leal tae Edward, thirled on page 36
o ma fower leal ladies, dinna waste yer tears on page 40
ing.' But ma sister's saul is leal - on page 46
from the Land o the Leal ~ it's aye sang wi me. on page 51
Emerant Isle an back again, a leal crew, on page 55

5 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
as he leevit, stoot hertit an leal. An the bards still sing o th on page 14

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
e write, parteeclar if ye are leal til a regional dialect. on page 44

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Rise, Sir Pooh de Bear, maist leal o aw ma Knichts.' on page 165
ir, and he wunnered if bein a Leal Knicht meant ye jist cairried on page 166

4 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Gin trauchles gar her seek a leal-hert frien, on page 13
His hert-thocht thirlt sae leal tae his lass bride on page 24
When aa leal legions shaw a shank on page 59

3 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
forgaitherin no leal-hairtit, see, lang'll be the on page 19
ert, see, aa their hairts wir leal on page 31

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
tae, despite her shaw o bein leal tae oor faither, seemed no ta
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
ective ‘traist’ meanin ‘leal, faithfu, trustwirthy, reliab
1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Gie but ae promise, leal tae me
1 matches

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ns" it maun be The Land o the Leal, which is ae maisterpiece, an(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
efleckin upo. The prophet wis leal til his caain an
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Sir Andrew Wood. Leal an Skeely. on page 82

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Ootby, (twitter 2022) Central, poetry
e whit daunerin shuin are aye leal.
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
That wud hae tha leal pit oot, an aa on page 33

1 matches

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