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The word 'sodgers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sodgersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4113633
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 5
NEC - North East Central 733.8 16 2
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 5
DUN - Dundee 191.2 18 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 459.1 43 2
LAL - General Central 32.8 25 11
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 145.4 8 1

Occurrences of sodgers in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Tak nae mair nor ye're dyow." Sodgers speirt at him, "An fit aboot on page 84
el an A jist gie orders tae e sodgers aneth me. A says ull een, "G' on page 91
t wi Jesus. Syne Herod an his sodgers leuch at him an made a feel o on page 119

4 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
the pipers aye led the ither sodgers intae battle. on page 15

1 matches

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
o Hanoverian sodgers. It's nae wunner on page 62

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
o the ither four sodgers, on page 65

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
There's a raa oO toy sodgers on a shelf abeen ma heid. The on page 93

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
The neist mamen, sodgers cam rinnin throwe the wuidin, on page 90
e. "Did ye happen tae see ony sodgers, my daatie, fan ye war comin on page 91

4 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
oxter and gie a haill airmy o sodgers a keeker wi wan skelp o his m on page 3
ibbe been on the feet o hairy sodgers for several weeks and then le on page 22
rcules took alang fower extra sodgers on his ship jist in case the on page 34
their supper Hercules and his sodgers went tae their rooms but they on page 35
And a big rammy stertit. The sodgers on baith sides chairged in gi on page 37
Also on pages 41
6 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
m-wamit. Baith Welsh an Irish sodgers are recordit as deein fae hun
e sae mony as twinty thoosand sodgers) north wi aa speed. Gin Walla
an tae the stout herts o the sodgers theirsels.
3 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
He haed a muckle gaitherin o sodgers. Wi Scotland left unco puir b
es o the enemy nation, an the sodgers learnt firsthaund o the deith
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
camps an wad send thoosands o sodgers north tae fouter aboot near t
north o the Waa an the Roman sodgers gairdin it. Nou an again thes
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Malay jungle, an the British sodgers, o which I wis a memmer, haed
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
tin, whiles wirkin thegither. Sodgers an wee kings emerged, aa on t
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
e demise o thae puir American sodgers.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
e spikes on the helmets o the sodgers in every street an square, it on page 75

1 matches

West Central

Aitken, Jim Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
r. We airmed him, trained his sodgers an security services an gied on page 24

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
asualties. We're the stalwart sodgers, the pauchtie ermy fechtin fu on page 103

1 matches

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
but sodgers, burgesses, baunds blawin up on page 143

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ent on braw poems like ‘The Sodgers’ (a favourite o mines) at w
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Billet some sodgers fae mornin tae nicht
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Wur Empire's Guid, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Agin wur sodgers gleg an fou
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ly airmit, likewise the Roman sodgers wuid hae been on patrol onie on page 99
austerity there. The retired sodgers that sit on the board o BAE. on page 122
haein provided generations o sodgers an ither servicemen an, nae m on page 123

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
twa or three o his faither's sodgers by his side. Nou this day he on page 23
'The sodgers are eftir me,' he said, makki on page 24
tae Perth fer a detachment o sodgers tae be sent. Eftir a nicht o on page 122
lmly replied, 'Weel sirs, the sodgers nabbit me afore A had feenish on page 123
e had panickt an sent fer the sodgers an aroun midday a on page 127

15 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
As horse in a sodgers' parade. on page 98

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
’ or moanin’ in pain. Red sodgers were lootin’ (as if ony oâ€
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
and oor Weir on the Pandemic, sodgers aw, protectin oor hame and he on page v

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Furst cam ten sodgers cairryin clubs; they were aa on page 44

10 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
o absenters tae the garrison sodgers, wha went frae hous tae hous, on page 26
t efternuin - wi twa thousan sodgers an rwa hunner troopers - tha on page 27
aps luikin oot for pairties o sodgers, Few in nummer cuid be fricht on page 28
chap-chap-chap on the door... Sodgers! ... It cuidnae be sodgets . on page 29
d ower fause curates, an thae sodgers a Satan that blaspheme in the on page 30
Also on pages 35, 37, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 57, 59, 66, 69
29 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e ane o thaim whaur Wallace's sodgers hid thairnsels unner the hey on page 15
ts, silver Glennies, Jine the sodgers while ye're fit. on page 23

4 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Sodgers an wappens, airmies, an the c on page 100

1 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
the 11th o June 1944, German sodgers killt aa the villagers and br on page 61

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
bairn-sodgers in aboot mirkit reflections on page 25

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
Sodgers An Sailyers on page 52

4 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
tle and bide in it, wi airmed sodgers guairdin the waws tae keep oo on page 59

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
steel sodgers merch atour the earth nou on page 77

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
the princess hingin aboot wi sodgers, even in her dreams, sae she on page 43
nd queen went aff wi aw their sodgers tae find the hoose. on page 44

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"TIN SODGERS! Ya beezer!" the wee laddie c on page 70
ral commandit, and he set the sodgers up afore the palace that stoo on page 71
w tae faw oot and pit the tin sodgers awa in their box, wan sodger on page 72
didnae girn aboot it because sodgers didnae girn. on page 75

5 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
arras faa in ilka airt, see, sodgers warslin forrit on page 31

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
brocht tae Scotland wi Inglis sodgers in the winter o 1349-50, an t on page 110

2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the hillside an daein it like sodgers on a military operation. The
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
o Morton, inbrocht in Inglis sodgers an guns, an seigit an took th
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
lie agin an invasioun o Roman sodgers but fechtin in an epic clash
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
en cairriet oot agin American sodgers by the likes o the Taliban an
e for a meinute that American sodgers that haed been taen preesoner
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Skelet 22 wis yin o the puir sodgers, mony frae Gallowa, taeen at on page 35
close as craws to sodgers on page 37
grew God's sodgers like teeth. on page 38

3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
ull-beat wi Queen Elizabeth's sodgers, a wheen o years earlier, he'
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
oo tae tak oardérs, an A hae sodgers unnèr me as weel. A tell yin on page 9
An tha sodgers axt hïm: on page 74
en hoo tae tak ordèrs; A hae sodgers unnèr me. A tell yin tae gan on page 80
e wud be able, wi ten thoosan sodgers, tae bate hïm that's cumin a on page 96
in Jesus. Herod alang wi hïs sodgers jeert an made lïttle o hïm, on page 109
Also on pages 110
8 matches

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