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The word 'cold'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
coldOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.94632
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 4
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 45.2 9 4
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.8 4 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 327 2 1
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 cold in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
bstract entities): bitternis 'cold and stormy weather' (bitter + on page 42
stervin = 'very cold' in StE: He's a stervation oo on page 106

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
e warm it wis a good omen. If cold, however, it meant you would (2020)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Dirs nithin like a fire on a cold snowy day #openfire #toastywa (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
oric Phrases, especially on a cold March day, but in the Doric i(2014)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
a Scots phrase for a stormy, cold spell at the beginning of May (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
I was cold. I was naked. on page 37

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Come on quinie dinna be cold as ice on page 200

4 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ng I'd seen a film caa'd 'Ice Cold in Alex' I dinna ken if ye've
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
the water table; and provide cold, shaded water for fish, while
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
s also a second front for the Cold War. If ye go on a package ho
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
is tale like in Hot Taxes and Cold Hearts. In ithers, the vice s
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
5 great effort - al take the cold tho if we get the game back m (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
es cause she kept sayin, Ah'm cold, an ah'm this an ah'm that. A on page 36

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
hat Arnold Kemp lies stark an cold on page 45

2 matches

Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
We'll coorie doon despite the cold for a bosie and a kiss
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Capitalism, man. The cold hand of capitalism.' on page 61

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ellies is keepin us warm. The cold nips at our fingers n toes th on page 16
r standin crossed against the cold. She's on page 25
t aw this shite walkin in the cold. The troops ir doon the stree on page 38
ic. Traffic is heavy n it's a cold, wet mornin. The school bus d on page 44

6 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
'A cold coming we had of it. I like t on page 17

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Ower a bucket o cold semolina. on page 43

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
In deaths cold bed the dusty part here les O on page 33

1 matches

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Division an’ intolerance, cold;
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
ered of course, but this is a cold, rough country and our home i on page 3

2 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
end Zander's lasagne is stone cold frozen in the middle. It just on page 4

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
way. Does that make me sound cold?
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
f ma daddy, lyin alone in the cold church. Then ah stood and loo
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
a little bit outside in damp, cold coastal wind... even allowed (2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
uled because her ladyship was cold!! (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
ast point that we will die of cold & hunger (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
, exciting time to feel fresh cold air oan tae ma face! Ach nice(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
of damp and of cold. In Scotland it's dreich on page 8

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
conflicted souls in cold eternity's hold! on page 73

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
of damp and of cold. In Scotland it’s dreich
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
Not a sound outside, cold, clear and starry sky. Ideal (2020)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
someone who is susceptible to cold #ulsterscots #coulrife https:(2020)
' in English: "a coul yin" (a cold day) "a wee yin" (a child), "(2020)