A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'meed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
meedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.2558
ORK - Orkney 536.6 54 7
SHD - Shetland
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
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 meed 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

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu meed up hur mind tae sell on page 9

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Many an ill sheu meed better. on page 12

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Annie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
meed widows o thir wives, on page 30

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
vil, some based on fact, some meed up, wae haed a show tae prese on page 34

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
tan too near tae her calf, ap meed a spret for the dog. Ben, pae on page 14
, even if I did say yes, so I meed id aisier for him be answeran on page 19
a peedie blink whin something meed me leuk aap, an there at the on page 20
teuk the tractor wi me, an I meed sure the bull wisno in the sa on page 21
Meed him tae wheel aboot, on page 40
Also on pages 41, 78, 82
9 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And wan day sheu meed the most lovely soup on page 1
The flurry o excitement meed me feel a little seek. on page 7
got her started up again then meed me next mistake. on page 8
Charlie didna like him and he meed that very plain. on page 12
ie nipp'd his skinny legs and meed his feathers fly. on page 13
Also on pages 17, 21, 31, 36, 38, 40, 50, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 68, 71, 73, 84
27 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ed oot bae the censor an he's meed a gie good job o hid fur I ca on page 37
Dolls klaze meed fae scraps an odds and ends on page 47
Many an ill sheu meed better. on page 75
An hid meed beuy, beuy, buy Beryl. on page 135
Fur sheu hid meed that gale on page 151

6 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
passion fur engineering, and meed tractors afore he sterted mak
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
o a firm caad Gruneens, that meed drills. He wis a muckle baest
ed at five different folk. He meed a puckle important phone call
y. He didna ken why, but they meed him feel uneasy. This eens wi
3 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
, an that wis a mercy for hid meed their wark at the banks aesie
doon the banks sae often that meed them baith strong an healthy.
din sumin tae tak heem for he meed guid yuse o' his time. The ra
Weel they meed a start tae gather tang, an s
4 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
at meed point on page 24

1 matches

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