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The word 'maiden'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
maidenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92216
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of maiden 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
hid said throw e prophit: 'E maiden will hae a loonie, an he'll b on page 7

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rach fowk caad the shaif 'The Maiden'. Gin it hid bin late, twid h
An the feet o maiden niver niver trod
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
an the boatie wis fit fur its maiden trip. The wee boorachie teeme
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
s ti gie fit ye micht caa his maiden speech or virgin paper afore on page 53

1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
is on in five minties an Iron Maiden were gan tae be on. Obviously(2020)
Phrases Haein a bit o an Iron Maiden day the day. ?????? https://t(2020)
minties tae midnicht - Iron Maiden #changeasongtitletidoric(2019)

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
An tummelt doun ma maiden yarn yince mair on page 59

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
ie (The Maid o Norrowey), ilk maiden ladye of baith highe and lowe
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
He's mebbe no a maiden's vision,
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Cailleach an Maiden on page 32

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
, a marakil, a clairance. Hir maiden finerie an hir habuliment, at on page 1

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
eficit ae princes fur a noble maiden fair. on page 72

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
are fake tattoos and an Iron Maiden T-shirt under his uniform. on page 11

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Perjink an maiden-lane? on page 20
An tummelt doun ma maiden yarn yince mair on page 44

2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
s gonnae suggest yer mither's maiden name, but ye cud get nordic a(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
o a maiden fair an a young warriors fame on page 43

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
e, the words clothes-horse or maiden or drier just dinnae hae the (2020)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
t aboot King Billy an' o' the Maiden City. on page 44

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
or she was lanesame lik a sea-maiden on a stane. Ah spleeled up as
1 matches

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