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The word 'needfu'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
needfuOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus27.4919
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 830.5 83 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of needfu in Corpus

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Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
they hid wis keepit for mair needfu things for thir livin and tae
heu explained, the tang wis a needfu job, wae whit could be got, a
2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
aa needfu soonds aroond dem? on page 107

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
an ither snawed-in pairts needfu o Yer wairmth on page 3

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Brocht editors some needfu cash, But did they bicker? on page 46

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
a seinister gravitas whilk is needfu ti warnishments aboot the Sai on page 136

1 matches

General Central

Facebook link ( 2022) Central
lar an Rev Dr Cameron did the needfu. The SCMA secretary Dane Love

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the stervin weans an needfu wives. on page 77

1 matches

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
The needfu' qualities an' wittens aboot on page 2
an' aa sich tims as micht bae needfu' tae cairry on page 8
rlin Airlan Ect 1998 maks hit needfu' fer public authorities in ca on page 39

36 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
tae the range o' waark at bes needfu' tae tak' Ulster-Scots forrit on page 5
new educational duty an' gif needfu' a programme fer ection in la on page 6
aa the practical skeels at ir needfu' fer Ulster-Scots curns tae e on page 8
gital Archive - Hit shud bae needfu' at aa commissioned material on page 10
t forderin process quhan hits needfu' o' on page 14
Also on pages 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 39, 41, 42, 43, 47, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 60, 62, 68, 72
47 matches

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