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The word 'widds'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
widdsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.8357
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 27.9 11 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 26.5 20 5
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 widds in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
widds efter e fed the baists this m
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
s and wild dugs ran oot o the widds. The puddocks aw stertit lowp on page 28
ower here tae this neck o the widds?" on page 31

2 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
throu wattirs an plewed throu widds.
d him awaw up the brae ti the widds whaur the panser wes
cryed the Fowk o the Widds, an nou hae a fouth o clachan
siccar. The Fowk o the Widds aye hain thair hames bi plaun
whaurabouts o the Fowk o the Widds. He fulled a cann an fessed i
11 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rick. It's cooried awa in the widds ahint the hills. Ah dinnae th on page 190

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
her. Awa up the brae tae the widds, and see whit the cushie-doos on page 1
e said, gaun doon through the widds. But she kent they werena rea on page 4

3 matches

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
hills and the fields and the widds and the fermhooses, jist pain on page 7

1 matches

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
k that rins through the fairy widds. on page 15
e and the cloods lay a warld: widds, burns, lochs, hills. Beasts on page 17
ken. Oot, he said. Up in the widds, he on page 18

5 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
masel tryst tae gaun doon the widds an gaither brammles for oor m on page 23

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
seen the strynge baist in the widds an A geelt tae the spat in aw on page 58
fter ma strynge meetin in the widds, an wi nae scuil, A thocht A on page 59

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
If daunerin through the widds wan day on page 41

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
less it's been chored fae the widds in the deid o nicht by poache on page 98

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
And the widds wi life are brewin on page 75

1 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
He left her in the widds singin tae hersel, "Grumph Gr on page 93

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The hie widds ar lit with erliest rays. on page 114

1 matches

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