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The word 'swaws'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swawsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3147
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 62.4 5 1
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 swaws in Corpus

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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
the best he cwid tae mak The swaws aa smeeth an bricht. on page 51
Fae freithin swaws tae drouchty sanns Sprattl't on page 53

2 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
oorie backgrun for the still swaws o skinklin prein-pricks. The
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
aboot the loss o a son on the swaws. She prays for hir awn son, w on page 142

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
bow like a beak sneddin the swaws, on page 55

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
te bein a word for a screed o swaws. Hooanever, this is tentless on page 12
d comedy that's rootit in the swaws o emotion an this hut the ver on page 58

2 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
elster gowdie, doun ablaw the swaws o thon gowden sea, heid first on page 17

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
sweelin swaws, see, forgaither wi me on page 28

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the whyle the endless river swaws on page 38

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
bi the river o swurlin swaws,
terns o the quilt ir lyke the swaws on the river.
e wast winnok an goave at the swaws
an thare owre the derk swaws.
4 matches

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