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The word 'warl'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
warlOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus55.118322
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 88.3 27 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 651 4 1
ABN - Aberdeen 94.4 9 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 49 19 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 99.2 16 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 53.4 5 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 348.7 25 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 116.3 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 107.1 3 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 623.8 19 2
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 490.6 27 1

Occurrences of warl in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
fan Jesus wis brocht intill e warl. Mary, his mither wis waalkin on page 7
an shew him aa e cuntras o e warl an aa their ferlies. He says on page 10
Blist are e douce, e hale warl is theirs; on page 11
yersel a hantle o trock in e warl, far it'll get aa roosty an m on page 14
tae forgie ill-deeins in iss warl," (an he turnt tae e paralees on page 17
Also on pages 81, 82, 85, 86, 88, 96, 99, 103, 108, 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116, 121
27 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
en aff-limits sin the Saicont Warl War and raises the spectre o on page 124
p five beverage brands in the warl. Rock on, Tommy! I really enj on page 125

2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
en aff-limits sin the Saicont Warl War and raises the spectre o
p five beverage brands in the warl. Rock on, Tommy! I really enj
2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
eid an haev been lowst on the warl. The beuk o Isaiah tells ye a on page 81
at? Resurrections aa ower the warl? Aal fock becomin young fock? on page 83

5 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
in the wull o Gweed. Fat the warl ayont wad mak o it was anithe on page 30

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
al-farrant wye o thinkin. The warl haed meevt on; an aa that. Bu
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
Haes the rin o the warl.
1 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
addin frock? Syne, foo in the warl wid she wint tae haud ontae t on page 22

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
lee'rs refleckit in Yer een a warl o treen howes muntains risin on page 3

4 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
lourit the inner pictur o the warl at wes bein furmed i ma ying
bot lik Ballantyne, sein the warl throu Inglish glessis.
s a gryte tirrivie i the loun warl o Gaitsgill o a Seturday. Tam
he disconveniences o the hask warl outby.
wittins o the outby warl, an wuidna tak onie siller fu
19 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
in thare tae. The uise o auld warl spells an vocabular serrs as on page 11

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
e haud on swalliein rumb, the warl wul suin be quat o a verra ra on page 7

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
-cum at a tim o weir. Bot the warl is verra kynd ti me, an eftir on page 1
a braw warl. Thai didna grie wi him at th on page 3

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
the auld beleiff at the eftir warl wes doun ablo the wattir. Ti on page 41
Thusgates the stanes telt the warl whitlik a bauld naitioun wes on page 42
icna fremm buddies. Hiz ither warl wes ablo the mirk wattir o lo on page 44

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
uik hiz corpus an aw Tittie's warl fauldit intil a bunnil o pist on page 4
ter buik anent saulers, thair warl on the bosie o the tydes an t on page 6

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
iled like chaff tae deave the warl's ends. on page 112

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
rou, an eftir the out-the-wey warl o hiz dunnie at he hed leived
arawd o the best stores i the warl, sent frae the hert o the yir
in course) waashin. It’s ma warl, an A dinna waant onie ither.
t the Wuld Widd cams the Wyde Warl,” sayed the Mouss. “An th
4 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
brocht mony babbies intae the warl sin syne.” She smilet. “M
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
tae the ultra normal warl o mouse eat mouse
in a warl whar mouse eat mouse- eat mou
in a warl whar mouse eat mouse- eat mou
in a warl whar mouse eat mouse eat mous
4 matches

Lehane, Matt Gif I was, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
tick Thistle wad champion the warl
1 matches

General Central

Swan, Michael Lallans 102 - Mebbi Ah Spak Owre Suin, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ertit keekin aroon, the neist warl wisnae preceese whit ah hid e on page 96

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
at the tap o thi warl on page 62
bit thi warl's aff hits roeckir on page 63
an thi warl's juist ae fell on page 65

4 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
hin clachans, the taste o the warl’s best fish an chip suppers
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
iety o cultures frae roon the warl celebratit across the city. W
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
oan pages, stages, rages wi a warl ye kennt on page 23
ns ablo tuimed o ye, the hale warl on page 25
the hale warl owre - on page 27
is the best wee mammy in the warl on page 29
r day, arenae maugered bi the warl on page 31
Also on pages 38, 42, 47, 62, 65, 70, 77
22 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
nk Ken whit ye mean. Aw ither warl leids hae dialects folk mauge (2021) twitter link
meenit a wean onywhaur in the warl coups doon a well.(2020)
aboot Tibbie Pagan an aw. The warl needs tae ken her mair!(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
an grounded shoen, On sleekit warl; on page 21
d fry yer heid Still, aboot a warl got odd an queer, Sam had his on page 30

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Fills tha hail wide warl. on page 24

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Tha warl is fu o chates an lee'rs, tha on page 12
in hoo tae skip - whut's tha warl cumin tae, A esk ye? on page 30

2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
eve. Whan sauls flit frae yin warl tae the nixt. on page 2
Her grannie had aye said the warl conjured up strange happenins on page 9
s script fur gittin on in the warl. "What's up, Ma?" on page 18
"The oul warl haes bin restored," asserted on page 27
d wi postcards frae aroon the warl, sorted bae kintrie in alphab on page 57

7 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Warl ill divid whar war aye birls on page 5
Wor een wus apen't til the warl, on page 9
Anither warl, deep dairk in tha strae on page 16
Warl ill divid, it hus her sais, on page 29
New licht tae aa tha warl ootbye on page 31
Also on pages 45, 57, 58, 69, 73
12 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
m see aa tha kïngdoms o tha warl ïn aa thair glorie. "A wull on page 3
Yous ir tha licht o tha warl. A toon bigged ona hïll cann on page 5
money, an tha bothers o thïs warl, tha message gets chokt an ï on page 9
s iver; an ït's for tha hale warl! Tha Saviour, ay, tha Christ, on page 72
m see aa tha kïngdoms o tha warl ïn a weethin o time. Tha Dei on page 75
Also on pages 83, 85, 89, 91, 97, 100, 101, 104, 105, 106, 107
27 matches

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