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The word 'wraith'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wraithOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41812
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of wraith in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
fa telt ye tae haud awa fae e wraith att's comin? Lat's see fit ye on page 9

1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
back o his neck. A corp like wraith arose fae the grun an twa unb
h krept up Paul’s nebo. The wraith bellowed “ye’ll aa pay fo
The dugs followed him an the wraith wiz jist stood there. Paul wi
3 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
bbie hid a Rolls Royce Silver Wraith). It didna tak muckle tae ple
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
hostler’s smile wir fou aw wraith, but his voice wis steidy.
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
bauld tellin fae yin whae is wraith:
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
n got masel gey disjaiskit an wraith,
1 matches

Glasgow

McClure, Rob nothing but a set of eyes for stars - The Night, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
The wraith bell chimes. on page 101

2 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Be shair, ma wraith he felt it; on page 10

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
a wraith in the still air, and I think on page 83

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
see him thru the haar, lik a wraith-waulker. Skald the Ferryman w on page 9

1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Magic Brainch, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
maister seen it, he wis fell wraith an sayed, ‘A ken whit ye’
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
a brownie, or a banshee, or a wraith, or a pelt. on page 13

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
i fear the' caad oot, "It's a wraith!" But strecht awa Jesus spauk on page 9
t, an thocht the' haed saen a wraith. An he sayed tae thaim, "For on page 112

3 matches

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