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The word 'wrap'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wrapOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.84928
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 62.1 14 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21 16 9
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) 65.6 1 1
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 wrap in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
, hid's freezing cowld. Here, wrap me shawl about you and sit do on page 20

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
umpers, scarves and tights - wrap up warm fur chilly nights. on page 75

1 matches

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Hid's wallie tail culd wrap aroond the earth an crush it
1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Tip fae a parent- wrap an elastic band/hair bobble a (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n him oot fur her "eerans": a wrap o poother or mebbe peels frae
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
f ye dinna wrap up wi a fleerup this ah’ll h(2019)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Manuforti1968 I'll wrap it in clingfilm jist incase(2019)

Mid Northern B

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
day so I thocht I hid better wrap up warm so I didna freeze fan
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
They're gonna wrap me up in plastic on page 97

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Wrap up weel gang aboot twa fauld.
Wi a cauld win wrap oorsel's up ticht.
As we gang aboot, we wrap up well.
Nae a bad day, jist wrap weel.
Wrap up weel, an it dis bide fair.
6 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Wrap up weel gang aboot twa fauld.
Gran day bit we wrap up well.
Wrap oorsels up snug an ticht,
We maun of coorse wrap well,
Wrap up weel an keep movin ana
7 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
MOIRA: Quick, wrap this towel roond it. Warm it on page 60

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
v camelon looks a good one - wrap up well though lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
n Ah feels sumthing stairt ti wrap itsel
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an wrap wir tongue aroond thi raggit on page 26

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Wrap that roon thee,” sayed the
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
w, ah’m still strugglin tae wrap ma heid aroond his words, mas
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n he scrapes a bit oot ay the wrap an sets up a couple ay lines.
slidin his haun concealin the wrap oer the table tae Tracey, ‘
2 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wae your snapchat, backchat, wrap it like a snapback
Wrap it round yer dial like yer ea
2 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Asgairth wi Freya's necklace wrap on page 14

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
asty in yer haunds an' let it wrap itsel' roond yer heart lik' a on page

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
wrap an end ower him. He looks up on page 3

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a kanga wrap on page 11

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
e a sneezing fit so's I could wrap my brain roond tight wi a wal
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
d, a wee breeze, but dry.. :) Wrap up if yer going oot, and mind (2023) twitter link
.. Aw' the best tae ye... And wrap up warm.... ?? (2022) twitter link
cauld.. :( Anyhoos, advice.. Wrap up if yer going oot, enjoy ye (2023) twitter link
be said.. If yer going oot.. Wrap up, and mind how ye go.. Have (2023) twitter link
so I'll catch ye aw' later.. Wrap up if yer going oot.. I will (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
er hasnae made it hear yet so wrap up warm! xxx(2015)
@IainDoesJokes Wrap up warm as if tomorrow's weat(2016)

@Chazzbat tweeted
they dinnae belong. Ah cannae wrap ma heid aroond racism at aa. (2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
the Tories will continue tae wrap their airms aroond us. I dear(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wrap tha arm aroon yer shoolder on page 34

1 matches

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