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Use in varieties of Scots

hid's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words63.7 0 0 2017.1 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2040 0 203 1 0 0
Number of authors20 19 1

Occurrences of hid's 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.

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hid's aye lived aboot the hoose. on page 15
Hid's a deep pool. on page 16

5 matches

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Aye hid's me bit hoo dae you ken me? on page 20

5 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Bit mercy, beuy, hid's gittan ferful dry. on page 27

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
But I doot it is! Hid's a gruffalo!" on page 13
"Hid's Snek," said the moose. "Aye, on page 16
"Hid's Cattie-Face," said the moose. on page 18
"Hid's Fox," said the moose. "Aye, a on page 20

4 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
on or Charlie'll be in afore hid's ready, an thoo ken's theesel on page 18
For hid's this wey thoo see's, on page 38
The cock thraad hid's neck got, on page 41
He haed a peedie race aroond,"Hid's right graand tae be free!" on page 79
Wance more intae hid's corner, whar he hid alwis bee on page 80
Also on pages 81, 86, 87, 88
9 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He paid fur hid - that's why hid's his. on page 5
"Hid's cheust a shattered tail-light on page 7
Hid's aafil hard tae watch him when on page 8
ie's got his bags mixed up - hid's surely meant fur me." on page 9
Hid's aafal big and boisterous, thi on page 10
Also on pages 11, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 44, 50, 53, 56, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 71, 72, 75, 79, 80, 81, 84
70 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
"Hid's grand thoo're haem. Thir plen on page 10
thay maan, fer hid's bad enogh tae loss on page 13
a microscopp, but tae Øyvind hid's like he's haalan a ship: his on page 27
er skiff trou the voyd hulks. Hid's been a langersome day, the tr on page 30
he Lights gets notheen an aa. Hid's me at's keepid thoo fae the b on page 40
Also on pages 41, 55, 58, 62, 66, 68, 69, 73, 74, 75, 76, 83, 84, 91, 93, 96, 99, 101, 114, 115, 116, 128, 138, 148, 154, 158, 162, 163
41 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The radio coughed up hid's pins-an-needles As we danced on page 6

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hid's me, mind oan, on page 5
inna git angry at somebody if hid's an accident!' on page 14
Hid's seffer tae drink alone noo, on page 35

5 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
o, NIVVER go doon there efter hid's dark on page 89

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hid's aye been weel kent on page 120

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hid's singan, Granny. Whut waey aar on page 70
'Hid's threshan better than I thowt, on page 72
Hid's a good cot, hid wis dear. on page 101
Moorit broon, hid's haerd tae see the loops on page 103
Hid's nowhaur tae be fund on page 105
Also on pages 116, 142, 152
15 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
r the faerful proggy thistle. Hid's Mimi Marwick, The Man Wae the on page 87

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
her side 'There, there, lass, hid's mibbe no is bad is hid soonds on page 38
A've said hid! Oh, I ken fine hid's no iverybudy's cup o tea, bit on page 48
Hid's herd tae get me heed roond on page 109
Aye, hid's aesy tae sit in judgment. on page 127

7 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
. If seein is the right word. Hid's more a feelin knowing he's th on page 85
Hid's been a summer tae remember, on page 130
Hid's Orkney efter aal! on page 131
Dinna luk at me so, as hid's brakkan me hert on page 144

6 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Turned ower till hid's fine and dry on page 36
Hid's usually quite an effart tae on page 100
Hid's no offen sheu comes, maybe wa on page 115

3 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hid's in the syllabus for PE, on page 156

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hid's no Brigadoon. Wha telt you on page 137

2 matches

West, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
All o hid's pointless - hid'll soon reve on page 74

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hid's no wark for a lass, he tells on page 18

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
steud the black shako wi hid's ivory skull. on page 58

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
€“ sheu wis scunnert. Tae me, hid's grand tae think at Scots'll m
langed-fir staet, an that wey hid's closser tae the leid o Westmi
Scots, the wey hid's mad nou, is a gustie hags. Th
land's presses togither), but hid's no consistent uissed fir jour
ir gey wheen o centuries, bit hid's a trachle tae imagine a regis
6 matches

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
tale tae tell wur bairns – hid's aal aboot this bonny isle,
oo: wi oats and yows and kye (hid's cattle);
uckle monster, oot at sea – hid's craaled oot fae its secret la
Hid's wallie tail culd wrap aroond
wormy's heid wis shakkan bad, hid's yackles brakked in muckle lum
6 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
! Three miles tae be buggert, hid's at least 9 miles! (5 miles if (2020) twitter link
We are also "gie vexed". Aye, hid's that bad.???? (2020) twitter link
here's no muckle tae be deun. Hid's global. Thoo hard the Hale o (2020) twitter link
@Struner1 @MarjoleinR Aye hid's a maalie alright. Yin nostril (2020) twitter link
ld in Shetland noo tae. Here, hid's geen fae massive rarity tae c(2020) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
'Hid's no me fault!' on page 18

1 matches

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