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The word 'roart'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
roartOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.3746
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 232.2 71 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 roart 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

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
foarth attimt Baggv's granda roart doon, "Sum feeshermin yee ar, on page 10
an steem oot ower a bit," aye roart, en panic. So eis Baggy turn' on page 12
mcen up eit. Bit fin sumbudee roart doon, "Hayr's Aik Don cummen, on page 13
raicht fur wer port side. Aiy roart at em an tried tae steer tae on page 17
yde's doon, "Aaaa" Disaster a roart! Eis we clippet thi box, Haul on page 18
Also on pages 19, 26, 32, 33, 34, 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 57, 64, 65
30 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
IN... AH... WIS... YOUNG!" he roart, is een shinin wi pure divilm on page 9
"FAT CHUNCE!" roart Eric. "Ye'r aff yer heid: pey on page 15
e grace an Eric clappit, syne roart, 'Stick in tull ye stick oot! on page 17
"GIT ESS, AUL MAAN!" roart Blondie, punchin a neive inte on page 19
e colour es er flooer es Eric roart ben the bus. on page 20
Also on pages 23, 27, 30, 34, 43, 46, 52, 56, 62, 65
16 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
toast oot here fir ye!" Joyce roart fae the balcony. on page 10
ave ma bloody wife aleen!" he roart, diggin his elba inte the Jew on page 16
"Sirprise ma!" roart Joyce. "An aat'd bi a bloody on page 17
"No! No! No!" roart Elspeth. "The dirty divvel!" on page 33
"AAAARGH!" Donald roart oot as the bairn's cricket ba on page 41
Also on pages 75
8 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
tt road. "Ye Sin o God," they roart, "fit are ye seekin wi hiz? H on page 17
led wi e Haily Speerit an she roart oot o her, ""God's blissin is on page 80
eed ahin him at his queets an roart an grat. She begun tae waash on page 92
aul." As he wis sayin iss, he roart, "Gin ye hiv lugs tae hear, s on page 93
fore him, an in a muckle vice roart oot, "Fit are ye seekin wi me on page 94
Also on pages 96, 108, 111, 118, 119, 120
13 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Aabody roart wi lachter, an Feel Freddie l on page 9
"GREAT!" roart the maante. "Noo, ging back t on page 26
a helpin han," the Sky maanie roart, es he drove awa. "YE'R THE B on page 27

4 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
aboot tae loss his napper. A roart at him tae get oot o aat an s on page 27

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
oor. Shut it Square Eyes, she roart back. Then as usual they wur on page 169

1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Ah roart ; on page 16

1 matches

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