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The word 'chaft'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chaftOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9136
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
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 3
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 chaft in Corpus

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General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
that whilk tigs Yer chaft nou: me that whilk gaes in on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Thame as starts wirds: chaft, chain, chainge, chair, chair
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
blie-joks. The sairvice-hyste chaft wes pang-fu o chukken manere.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
o kerved stane collums wi ae chaft uphauddin stane lintols owre- on page 12

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
an the culmas cutt acorss ae chaft, a mirkie blae-whyt. A mynd h on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
wshus ei an ane maunnin unner chaft. The wes sunket nate an gentr on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Aye up and doon gaed chin and chaft - on page 114

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
awa intae a corner. His left chaft, whaur Olaf had skelped him, on page 54
o sae muckle cause o his sair chaft but mair oot o rage at how aw on page 55

2 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
t tae growe as it ris, wi its chaft gampin. The muckle jaw wappit
As Moa saw the chaft appen, she bendit her knees,
ce she wis lowse o the wouf's chaft, Moa bray'd the sun up an awa
3 matches

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