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The word 'owercome'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
owercomeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92217
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 9
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 owercome in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
om wisna right," shü yalled, owercome on page 33
dy hersel, as shü wis nearly owercome wi da strong on page 35

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ump on snakes an scorpions an owercome aa yer faes, an naethin will on page 98

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
airest thing that haes tae be owercome is gittin uised tae lattin it
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Gin thae academics cuid juist owercome this creenge in public an lat
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e wans are aften bumbazed and owercome wi dreid the first time they' on page 61

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
fur they owercome me! on page 13

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
?” he sayed. Than he seemed owercome, an flingin the tail o his sa
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
faur eneuch for curiosity tae owercome grief, gif only for a wee whi on page 30
the smeddum an thrawnness tae owercome adversity. God had blessed he on page 66

2 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e flusht. An aince mair I wis owercome wi unco wae. Yet I thocht tae on page 82

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
semmle him. Even aince ye hae owercome him, dinnae stoop tae his vic on page 6

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
We need nae airmy to owercome this mite. on page 15

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
criteria staund. Attemps tae owercome thon joodgement taks a gey mu on page 56

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
rs or hinners thit hae tae be owercome sae thit GME kin mak guid pro
maun mak ilka effort for tae owercome an impruive whaur a gien issu
2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
reas – o vocabular has been owercome be chynges in material cultur
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
. Noo they maun strauchle tae owercome the Tories an aw. We’ll nae
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
micht scunner them, it can be owercome through their ‘constancie
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
r than 28 troopers afore bein owercome by sheer weight o nummmer.

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olitical gain nae fechtin tae owercome thi virus. Ye hauna ony shame(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
t the Lizard, wha seemt perfu owercome tae dae oniethin yit sit wi i on page 117

1 matches

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