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The word 'skald'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skaldOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus19633
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
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 81.4 62 2
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 skald in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
e an paet-bank; rap artist an skald. on page 19

1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Syne Gisli, the wad-be skald, brak the silence: on page 56
per victory deserves a proper skald.' on page 57

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e haar, lik a wraith-waulker. Skald the Ferryman wadin oot o the on page 9
He culdna be mistuik, Skald, wi his hoarie heid an gammie on page 10
in a chaumer ayont. Aftimes, Skald bidit thir an aa. on page 11
'Cum ben, cum ben, Skald, an yi tae, laddie.' on page 12
'Weill, Skald, yin wey nor tither, yi hae g on page 14

60 matches

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