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The word 'skelf'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skelfOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.43823
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 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 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 69.7 5 4
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 109 6 1

Occurrences of skelf 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

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
aer ferly owerpooered the skelf o moon,
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
an maalies sowt a skelf ita da banks on page 19

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ivery steyn set sae as ivery skelf on page 44

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
n a box o CANARY SEED apö da skelf. ‘Maybe hit’ll mak da aal
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
lave jist takkin ane aff the skelf. It was his freen, Mickey, ah on page 76

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
the aal wife ahin it. Like a skelf she wis, nae mair than a rust
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
she gomed steive-like at ony skelf, ettlin tae mak out azacly fi on page 70
shewin-box, an wes aye in the skelf richt abeen the een she wes g on page 71
an sat the eggie upricht on a skelf. on page 75

5 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
y, gin ye want tae see ae wee skelf o the warld as the Pechts see
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
It's weel wirth haein on yer skelf. on page 121

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
amed cause she's a wee skinny skelf ae a wummin wi short short ha on page 72

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Its pent purl an skelf oan tae the porch. on page 16

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
d-up ae bein sich a totey wee skelf!" on page 34

1 matches

General Central

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
The wee wummn, jiss a skelf, on page 42

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
rchard. He wis as skinny as a skelf and the smertest o them aw. on page 4
rup o the three men. The lang skelf Beek and the kettlebellied sc on page 27

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
nny chowed thochtily on a wee skelf o widd. on page 58

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
sherp as a skelf on page 15

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Thir dialecks are a skelf i the thoum for minority leid on page 56

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
la wha said "afore ye tak the skelf oot o yer freen's een, tak th(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
pendin an byde nae mair nor a skelf, whyle siller in gowpenfus mi on page 5

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ot the dates + ye'd put a wee skelf o a lassie in his airms, and on page 77
ther o the bride, o that braw skelf o a lassie newly on page 79

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
no stoppin for spitter or skelf or smirr on page 65

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
tho thare’s nocht but a skelf o skime,
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
auchenree Aye it's no a totie skelf we shuid hae, shuid hae a muc(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Bab haes a skelf in his left ee, on page 44

1 matches

General Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
@AverillB A skelf of snow's better than a skelf(2015)

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
is get. An why dae ye see tha skelf ïn yer brither's ee, but ye on page 7
istèr. An why dae ye see tha skelf ïn yer brither's ee, but dï on page 80

6 matches

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