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The word 'leddie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
leddieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.7296
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 2
WCE - West Central 71 16 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 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 leddie in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
harson hissel hid come wi his leddie wife, the eagle feathers heic
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ks. A ken aw luve's leir frae Leddie Venus, A've seen monie a Cupi on page 46
Collegianer: Hou Leddie Fortoun heizes up ma stern! S on page 48

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ak-sam swype an a rid-heiddit leddie
er-the-les shae fand the auld leddie maist kyndlie an wes walcumme
2 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ie byordnar Scots skreid bi a leddie frae Americkie, nae less: Mar on page 3

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
it haed jubish maitter anent Leddie Scott's paurentage, hir addei on page 116

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
s readin o The Twa Corbies. A leddie, wha is jyned thematically as on page 137
est ae bluidie leitmotif. The Leddie o Thirlestane is gey an sneis on page 138
But the Leddie o Elibank propones no ti hang on page 139
nt kythes as a ghaist til his leddie an tells hir o a bluidie stou on page 140

5 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ll is killt, an this pits the leddie in an awfu swither, ti the st
lconer, whause aulder sister, Leddie Bothwell, wes the guidwife o
upernaitral pert o the yairn. Leddie Forester decides ti inquire a
ecum o hir guidman. O coorse, Leddie Bothwell coonsels again this,
ip, or juist hear tell o’m. Leddie Forestor concludes on the fir
8 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
o birn. Nou a horss is a fine leddie amang bastes, skeich, timorsu on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ie nou at ye ar ane up-growen leddie?" on page 1

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
e man cam in an speirt: "Nou, leddie Queen, dae ye ken ma name?" s on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
unwales an stertit up fir Oor Leddie's Wal whilk stauns bi the sho on page 14

2 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
7. The Littil Leddie: do. (4th Century)
THE LITTIL LEDDIE
That’s whaur the littil leddie bade---
3 matches

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