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The word 'owlder'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
owlderOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3147
ORK - Orkney 79.5 8 5
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)

Occurrences of owlder in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Owlder on page 24

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
When I got a bit owlder I took me own powny there tae on page 33
A good piece owlder noo on page 44

3 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
is is big toe an a peedie bit owlder than is back teeth. on page 83

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
deefer an owlder, on page 123

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
s sake that fillo haed tae be owlder than he wis, an wearin a gres
ivrything tae him when he’s owlder. I’ve written them a letter
2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
tell dem apart. Whan dey wir owlder da first ean, Esau, likit ta on page 11
Whan Moses wis owlder, he cam ta ken dat his fock w on page 15
s laand fir me ta share wi my owlder bridder. Bit Am young an fit on page 123
Da owlder boy tho wisna ower plaesed wi on page 124

5 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Alice, "will A never get any owlder than A am noo? At'll be a com on page 34

1 matches

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