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The word 'rodd'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
roddOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus27.99312
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 284.8 49 8
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 136.4 13 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 31.7 13 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 62 10 1
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 rodd in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
, wi Darling, eftir peyan her rodd ower that - grand a piece o on page 22
Her faithers is chairted her rodd a weys aroon the starns. This on page 103

2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ns aye a rissie or a furr ida rodd whaarever shö wantit ta hit on page 84
leared da jeely-fish oot o da rodd - " on page 100

2 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
od I stravaig ta win oot o dy rodd? on page 47
Dere fock 'll fin a rodd caad - 'Da wye o da Göd Man on page 55
Mak a rodd fir da Loard. on page 57
ir dis so he set aff oot o da rodd. He traivelled ta Joppa an da on page 71
you? Tink o da flooers be da rodd. Dey dunna set at wi dir oo o on page 95
Also on pages 113, 115, 127, 147, 153
17 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
m alang, an if dey met ipo da rodd he fled as if he wis been bru on page 2
coorse dey didna gying in wir rodd, so we hedd maest o a mile ta on page 14
da tatties an du cam alang da rodd wi her i da pram. Du wis dat on page 17
hin his car wis gane aff a da rodd dat night he wis wirkin late. on page 25
ta hersel wi da man across da rodd bendin ower her. on page 27
Also on pages 28, 31, 48, 52, 73, 91, 92, 93
16 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Bank ta rodd; stack ta fire. on page 31

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Rodd widenin i da Hulmalees on page 40
Da rodd ta Gemiler beach on page 50
History is da rodd left ahint wis. Wan day da ro on page 96

8 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
d again. We herdly spak aa da rodd hame. Man hit's ee thing dael
1 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Charlotte Anne took da rodd her ancestors drave
1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
e aboot dem. Da sea is a hard rodd, but dey're been weel laerned
1 matches

Sutherland, Stella Half a Twalmont, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
we’re on da rodd ta Yule!
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
od is aesy tae fin on da main rodd intae Eid.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
dert fae the shoppie ower the rodd an gaed ower ilka day tae pic on page 76
e the biggin gaan up ower the rodd. An ahin him a hantle o his p on page 77

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
re o a maan at the side o the rodd, ae haan clootchin an upturni on page 30

6 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
hid gien him a bit dunt on e rodd like ither caats o mine afore on page 27

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
s, the seener A gat oot o the rodd the better. A thocht it best
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
An set me on e rodd tae wark an life:
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
id the Rose. "I winner fitten rodd ye dee't." ("Ye're aye winner on page 28
waa belang tae me. But fitten rodd did ye come out here avaa?" s on page 29
Fitten rodd it cam about Ailice niver ken on page 35
e paper) "beed tae ken fitten rodd she's traivelin, een gin she on page 38
r, sen there wesna but the ae rodd throu the wuidin, an the twa on page 47

6 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
rn, cheke fur chowl. Ower the rodd wes
gie me a hurl ti the rodd en. Bot A dinna beleve it’s
As the rodd devauls doun frae the skarcem
up-hauddit the rodd brig ower the wattir, an whum
stame rodd-rowers, bylers, luims, lays,
13 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
rin men hed gaed by alang the rodd. At first we thocht it wes th on page 4

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
a fellae sklave, a daungeruss rodd pits hir out o hir wutts, in on page 3
owp. Bot the'r stanes on ilka rodd-syde, an a buddie sune leirs on page 6

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
e hed fand a bittie alang the rodd. Frae ae enn til ither he hed on page 46

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
the kerr on a hie pynt o the rodd shae sein the lenth o't liggi on page 1
the kerr on a hie pynt o the rodd shae sein the lenth o't liggi on page 8

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
ilege o weygang bi the prevat rodd!” He wes bouled owre in a g
1 matches

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