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The word 'magnus'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
magnusOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus19.76311
ORK - Orkney 79.5 8 6
SHD - Shetland 93 16 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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 48.1 36 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)
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 magnus in Corpus

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
aside the Magnus kirk, on page 10

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
fae first glimmers tae the St Magnus Festival on page 34

3 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The majestic kirk o Magnus whar the faithful flock tae p on page 48

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in the blood-brick mooth o Magnus. on page 27

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
risoned in Marwick's Hole, St Magnus Cathedral, sometime in the 17 on page 76

1 matches

Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
whiles Magnus sails his saundstane ark
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
lice an phonin dis een an dat Magnus's midder löt dem keep Smooti
all we caa him?' aksed Freya, Magnus's peerie sister.
hames, an twa names. Freya an Magnus ca'ed her 'Smootie'; Nicol an
¶ hed been christened wi dem. Magnus an Freya aye browt her hame a
in apö da window ta win inta Magnus an Freya's hoose, an using da
16 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Ah'm sure she cried him Magnus,' Miss Honey said. "That wis on page 202
In the hoose, yer faither wis Magnus, Miss Trunchbull wis Agatha a on page 203
. 'It cannae be! It cannae be Magnus!" on page 215

3 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
bried an strang cheese, while Magnus wis stairtin a fire an moliga on page 54
ae sum kind o routine. Skalla-Magnus, the heid o the airchers, kep on page 56
a load o keich,' said Skalla-Magnus, an aw the tension wis braken on page 57
ey kent suin eneuch - Skalla-Magnus an his airchers lat loose a v on page 58
s aye talkin. 'We tynt Skalla-Magnus, Hallbjorn an Muckle Svein,' on page 59
Also on pages 60
8 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
l, Faither, Ah'll gie yi King Magnus, son o Olaf.' 'Magnus the Gui on page 14

27 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
story I wrat i Scots is caed Magnus. He is ae wulver.(2020)

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