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The word 'weaver'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
weaverOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2149
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 174.4 3 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of weaver in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the decision o authority, the weaver squadron moved oot tae tak up
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Scourinburn, an John Smith, a weaver that bided in the Overgate. T on page 107
wis George Mealmaker, a local weaver wha wrote a weel-kennt pamphl on page 122

2 matches

General Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
vit her as "The daughter of a weaver in a village of weavers, [she on page 69

2 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
rew is an airtist, map-makar, weaver o dreams an aw-roond soond la
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
n Moniave in Dumfriesshire, a weaver’s son, he wis clever enoch

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
law latched ontae an innocent weaver by the name o William Harvie,

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
@TheStovies Aye a wabster's a weaver, mair, but Ah'd never thocht (2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
Wee Weaver Birdie on page 13
angs at Campbell's grave, The weaver Bard, the honest knave; Yet s on page 30

3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
mak a gran weaver yin day, if tha mills they’
1 matches

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