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The word 'quest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
questOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81610
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.8 4 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of quest 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.

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
birdie dinna lat me blaad Yer quest for maet ahin ma spaad Tae tr on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sin continue as his desperate quest te find 'the one' goes on. Th on page 50

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ronnie Hinnersin's quest fir true luv wis still unfulf on page 35

1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
s a Scotsman" by the Scottish Quest Allstars. A classic!(2019)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
rt wha taks his chance In his quest fir instant siller. on page 12

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n b oan tae the rose in there quest tae go awe the way 2 the big (2021) twitter link
otd m8 - noo its the efl oan quest - need a say mair (2021) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
tae, sae we hae the stert o a quest). Whan a bane is brocht afore on page 138

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n’t expect you play fantasy quest games?” he mumblet, wavin t
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
richt, takin aa hir guids in quest o peace, nae raidin an fechti on page 14

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Whaur antrin weirmen quest for ile an pouer, on page 31

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
's a gey apt metaphor fir the quest fir Scottish identitie; jist on page 84

3 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
issel in a weird labyrinthine quest. He seeks a film star, a sang on page 87

1 matches

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