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The word 'blissit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blissitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12910
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
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) 88.3 1 1
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) 308.9 17 1

Occurrences of blissit in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
dat blissit place we geeng tae on wir ain on page 21
- dis blissit odds - I wid a virmished on page 106

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
n een o his theses said, "The blissit pape in the place prayit thai on page 56

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
aipple treen i the Isle o the Blissit on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
during the reine of hir maist blissit Magestie (The Maid o Norrowey
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Ruth’s hauns in hir ain an blissit hir.
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ash an elm fowk wir nae mair blissit onieroads, fir on page 14

3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
throuch the auctorite of the Blissit Virgyne Sancte Marye his mode
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e wul launscapes. Scotland is blissit wi mukkil steids o relativeli
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
But they niver fun a blissit seam
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
"Fair faa ye, blissit amang weemen, tha Loard ïs w on page 70
"Blissit ïs tha puir, for yours ïs t on page 79
he turnt tae thaim an sayed, "Blissit ir tha een that see whut ye s on page 88
n ïn tha getherin caad oot, "Blissit ïs tha wumman that gien ye b on page 90
awa. Whan tha maistèr cums, blissit ir tha yins he fins watchin a on page 92
Also on pages 94, 95, 102, 109
17 matches

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