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The word 'farrant'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
farrantOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus227343
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 6
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 62.9 6 4
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 36.1 14 5
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 62 10 5
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 19.7 15 14
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 3
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of farrant in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
at d'ir in a lok o wyes aald farrant an ower herd tae mak oot bi n on page 36

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
y did hae war gey dull an aul-farrant. She sighed es she pit them b on page 25
think she leukit plain an aul-farrant? on page 80
oses, tattie chappers, an aul-farrant pink rose at climmed an clung on page 88

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
That new-fangled Dome an aal-farrant things
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Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
ily'll still niver growe auld farrant.
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
fur Yule noo. They’re auld-farrant. Ye get far bonnier
fowk said she wis auld farrant... ower auld farrant tae haud
... ower auld farrant tae haud littlins or dallies
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
rdeenshire Thanks fur the new-farrant funcy recycle scaffie – can (2014)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
it'll just hae tae be the aal farrant telephone!! https://t.co/LCWE (2020) twitter link
Aal farrant diminutives, like quinikie, h (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
eerin a blae surtout ower aal farrant clyes. On the shooders a muck on page 40

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
n caip an weerin a pair o aal-farrant glesses. He haed to be oxtert on page 30

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
aste horchata in mony an auld-farrant horchatería. Ye can accompan on page 4

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
it's fut ye micht caa an aal-farrant kirk. It hauds tae the tradee on page 24

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
dna dee ava! Aat was th’aal-farrant wye o thinkin. The warl haed
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
€™s ay sayin her pals are aul-farrant and frumpy. Nae her though. S
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North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
aa that. Ae pairt o this auld-farrant belief sýstem wis that the b
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
tae sinder itsel fae the auld-farrant image o deid laun, an insteid
1 matches

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
Communism wes gettin gey auld-farrant noo. Hoyin it, bi the the lug on page 84

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
His auld-farrant weys Had gone oot o fashion. on page 23

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ause it disnae yaise the auld farrant words an auld farrant spellin
words an auld farrant spellins sic as ye(the), olde
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ns. Certies thai war gey auld farrant an mebbies ein bene ma auldfa
es aince bene fain o sic auld-farrant rymes an taills, bot wes nou
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
e Bard yaised some o the auld farrant words frae the eichteenth cen
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
but disnae forget the aulder farrant craft learnt tae her bi her G
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
him that cannae lat go o auld farrant words like 'wireless', 'go ch
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e shift props aboot. The auld farrant pentit backdraps that yaised
1 matches

McLachlan, Jack Glessheids maun wale guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate, (University of Maine 2019) Central - Ceres, prose
n a species’ beirance o new-farrant climates.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ooncil offeecials 10,000 auld-farrant merks (£6,900) for the toun
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ir tourist tred than the auld farrant tartan an shortbreid eemage d
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
Oot wi aw thae auld farrant consaits an in wi the new. A
1 matches

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
e a fowk club an for the auld farrant tae disappruve o it. This wis on page 56

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ur (this ane haes a rael auld-farrant souch til't!) an what happens on page 5

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
reiginalitie bi giein us auld-farrant Scots wurds an forms, an whil on page 116

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
in hard-copie (gin ye'r auld-farrant!) or bi e-mail cleikins, sent on page 7

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
˜Lallans’ muivement as auld-farrant an increasinlie oot the gemm,
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n their claes Jookit gey auld-farrant. Despite the whisky fumes bil on page 31
- an these were yer big auld-farrant soup plates, nane o yer porti on page 58

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
humphed his hivvie, auld-farrant bairn on page 18

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
aboot a deid culture wi auld-farrant thochts aboot the richts o hi on page 108

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Auld-farrant hair and cape and knee-breiks on page 98

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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
e tread oot the corn the auld-farrant wey and blaw awa the caff wi
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ther catched his raucle, auld-farrant dialeck.
he made thaim an ironic, auld-farrant bow an translatit: “We hae
dae, in the ilk elegant, auld-farrant Mandarin: Men’s naters are
ither. Their langage wis auld-farrant. Bill had bother unnerstaunin
en terms in Chinese: his auld-farrant Mandarin cudna express exackl
6 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
aitters. They niver come auld-farrant. It is gey rare for a moontai on page 56

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Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
but throu a fair-farrant form shiftin intae river on page 6

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
es at they had pit by as auld-farrant, whan the opportunity cam tae on page 9

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"It's this new-farrant Census, for the year 1841. Th on page 17

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
logeese for the roch and auld-farrant naitur o the gear, or suppose on page 69

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the bluid o a new farrant and ayelestan covenant. on page 97

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Abel wes a fell auld-farrant bodie on page 72

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Sae ti some, Scots is auld-farrant words thair grannie sayed; ti on page 4

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ation o leid an state is auld-farrant gotten an aa. Nelde et al. se on page 56

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
es the defineetion o yon auld-farrant objeck the sun-dial, at maun on page 91

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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
hose, each, an the like. Auld farrant an recent colloquial Scots ba
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ises Inglish digraphs or auld-farrant an confuisin acause it disna.
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
nae at aw happy aboot sic ill-farrant gaeins on, promisin tae leuk
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
s whit they meant by the auld-farrant an nooadays aften pitdoon tai
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
t Burns) forby a wee bit auld-farrant romanticism.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Inglish, whyles haes an auld-farrant, neo-classical feel aboot tha on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
Auld-farrant ye micht finnd the set-oot o on page 5

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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
hat’s souple, fresh, an new-farrant. Yin nicht in our hous in Gat
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the auld farrant paternalistic attitude, wur p
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South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
@MartinGeraght1 No auld farrant at aw, loads o folk still yai(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Oul-farrant nichts an stane-waa ruins on page 4

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