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The word 'ootbye'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ootbyeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus33.411126
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 1
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 37.2 6 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 27.6 21 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 169.6 14 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) 605.7 1 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 290.7 16 2

Occurrences of ootbye in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
an fund the gloup atween ootbye an in on page 3
tae the grace ootbye, but closser maks more o a ra on page 18
nae flegsome man. Sheu skites ootbye an slams the doar, an waits a on page 46
kens, an turns. An ivry wrack ootbye is appenan. More flooer as do on page 160

4 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
affrontit whan you're pitten ootbye. It's better ta start aff oot on page 119

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
da weft comes fae places ootbye da Sooth Mooth. on page 19

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ess: upbye 'up (over) there', ootbye 'out (over) there'. on page 38

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
oot ta sea, weel ootbye tranquillity. on page 46

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
bird, an a quine fae a fairm ootbye telt me it wis a yalla yitey, on page 37

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
teem an bare in the meenlicht ootbye, ower tae the whinny braes o
me itherwye, Benjy wis keepit ootbye, or ben in the kitchie.
lay in the plyter o the parks ootbye, an if it wis coorse tae open
gig an wis wytin wi the rynes ootbye in the coort. Minnie didna bi
, an a puckle mair loons frae ootbye. The made horsemen frae North
8 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
him. Waukin ben the corridor ootbye the theatre, his thochts raci
o study. The anaesthetist sat ootbye in thon wee room monitorin th
bi the sough o the win howlin ootbye like a banshee. At 10pm she t
k, cauld flakes till the grun ootbye wis like linen, fite's a shro
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wi the siller bell, an it lay ootbye in the gairden, growin roosty
schule. It wis byordnar cauld ootbye. The rain wis poorin doon hal
2 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
is likely a fine eneuch cheil ootbye the kirk...bit inside? This w
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
r dy's auld bunnet oan an awa ootbye. An dinnae be takkin that pla on page 37

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
nits efterairt we wir staunin ootbye the Kinema bawroom, sookin oa on page 27

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Let it thunder ootbye.
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the sea, ootbye, on page 129

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
A self-drive taxi pu’ed up ootbye. That wad be his gran-dochter
n there wis a noise o shoutin ootbye. She grippit the guid erm o t
m oot. He lat hissel be hailt ootbye. They were threipin on him ta
na be heard be onybody passin ootbye, she cried saftly, “Dinna b
han there wis a fecht gaun on ootbye, cud he?”
6 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
anchored ootbye, as if bidin yer time, on page 55

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ie, yi ken its a muckle swall ootbye an its na sauf tae sail. on page 14

9 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
her warld ootbye the rest on page 40
an her man in oor ootbye on page 51

2 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
When I tuik coffee wi fowk, ootbye in thon mairvellous grotto, on page 43

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
It wes whan the larry perkit ootbye the skuil an Wullie Syme an t on page 65

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
eemed that ilk time he lukkit ootbye thai kep gittin nearer haund. on page 16
lentit throu the smirr o rain ootbye. on page 18
veectims wir. Thai wir richt ootbye, lukkin in hes windea, ir aib on page 19

5 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
‘Aw richt.’ Mary skippit ootbye wi the mulk joog in her haund
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
they micht could dae in a UK ootbye the EU, as gin the decade atw
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
grund n’. Thar wur saivrel ootbye herd’s houses on the ferm,
huil. Chrissie Tamson did the ootbye Post job fur ae wheen ‘ear.
t thay flitted tae Mulsintoun ootbye herds hoose, Whaupshaw, frae
raik Sheil wis the Craik ferm ootbye herdin, whilk stuid i the wai
he , Buccleuch Ferm’s threi ootbye herdins, Ropelawsheil, Beldhi
14 matches

South West (Galloway)

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Ootbye. on page 69

1 matches

Donegal (East Donegal)

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
ce air. Oddtimes they stapped ootbye a
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
,” guldert John, an she cum ootbye fur a jook. “Wha’s thon?
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Ootbye tha Meetin Hoose, on page 23
New licht tae aa tha warl ootbye on page 31

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ither an hïs brithers o stud ootbye, lukkin tae spake tae hïm. o on page 9
tha ïncense, aa tha fowk wus ootbye, prayin. An aa o a suddent an on page 69

4 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Fowk ’at fur ordnar bides ootbye tha UK ’at’s steyin in th
Fowk wha ir whyles ootbye tha UK fur unner 12 monds
Fowk ‘at fur ordnar bides ootbye tha UK ‘at’s steyin in th
wheelchyre uise ootbye (tha like o an ingang oan tha
Ootbye tha UK, scrieve doon kintrie
12 matches

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