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The word 'mettle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mettleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7128
ORK - Orkney
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 8 6 4
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mettle in Corpus

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General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Wi a pir o win were in fine mettle,
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
here that Wallace showed his mettle. Like monie Scots he hatit th on page 22
They didn't ken the mettle o their man. Davie Gray wuid on page 87

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n keen tae wark an show their mettle .. . That's why we were bless on page 75

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ou left tae itsel, an he took mettle tae speir the king a favour: on page 38
ng time. I felt he wis takkin mettle bit by bit. on page 84

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
or eneuch fir a man o Brusi's mettle. on page 14

2 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Feart, blate, an yet wi mettle muntin on page 117

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
merón’s new govrenment’s mettle. Wull he risk a strauchle on
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he wechtie curtains alang the mettle rails, forgittin aboot the dr on page 30
ukt inside. It was empie. Nae mettle cups strung tae the waal. Nae on page 51

2 matches

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