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The word 'rowst'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rowstOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6203
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 17.1 13 2
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 rowst in Corpus

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Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Ir ye awricht Farquhar?" A rowst, ma vice wis a bittie wauchel on page 97
pouin a toy widden cairt," A rowst in surpreese agane. on page 100

2 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
-gaits naw for rinnin awa!” rowst Trev.
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
rowst ower ma name, ither shae wis
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
dinna wauken or rowst up luve on page 4
dinna wauken or rowst up luve on page 6
dinna wauken or rowst up luve on page 17

3 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Wha'll rowst the vous we proodly said? on page 40

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e me! Crivvens! Leuk Trev!' A rowst, giein ma een a dicht! 'Leuk on page 20
oo've aw gotten oor windaes!' rowst the fower laddies. on page 22
'Thay'r back!' A rowst oot tae Archie. Thare wis nae on page 25

7 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Ir ye awricht Mary?' A rowst back ower ma shouder. on page 59
'Whit a muckle size!' A rowst. 'Och its braith pongs o ming on page 63

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
s thare? Say sumhin agane!' A rowst. on page 22

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
e burn's frozent richt ower!" rowst Trev, doon it the mooth. on page 84

1 matches

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