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The word 'sacred'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sacredOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52414
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 16 12 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 sacred in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
he evokes the sacred 'Aussie Spirit' on page 19

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ee ye seek, Hercules, is in a sacred glen in the moontains at the on page 45

1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
k haggis thegither an share a sacred tassie on page 145

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
somethin tae dae wi cows been sacred an ah wisnae sure if it wis t on page 86

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ongue hingin oot. Objects sae sacred ye daurnae ewvir open thaim, on page 106
Ah wis daunderin alang Sacred Way, gaun owre in ma heid on page 123

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
It micht be the maist sacred belief o the Mammonworshippin on page 38

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Oh, be aa that’s sacred,” she thocht tae hersel,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ey ah operate. And kennin the sacred oath these receptionists took
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ot. Yir best mate is always a sacred thing, even among the troops. on page 9

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
smile, now brings a tear. But sacred Freedom, too, was theirs: Tf on page 22

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
scream. Granny's photie o the Sacred Heart is Poatin at the end o on page 38

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
empty, gold frame. Naught wis sacred tae hur. on page 9
visible below a picture o the Sacred Heart. Anyhin's worth a try t on page 14
um looks at the picture o the Sacred Heart under the stairs. on page 25
Ah looked at ma picture o the Sacred Heart before turnin and plonk on page 61
candle under ma picture o the Sacred Heart when ah get hame. The S on page 64
Also on pages 77, 91
9 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ary: Is nithing in this laund sacred? on page 35

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
fur statues o Our Lady an the Sacred Heart an the Infant o Prague. on page 44

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
As sacred as could be on page 29

1 matches

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