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The word 'swollen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swollenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.71210
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of swollen 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.

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ssed ower his chist cradlin a swollen lump that bulges ablow the cl on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the slightest. His puss is aw swollen and pulped oot. And it's colo on page 179

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
esperately pleas. His puss aw swollen and bloodied.
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Ower the brig, across the swollen Nith, on page 219

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ower the brig, across the swollen Nith, on page 12

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
frostbite. Toshie's legs were swollen up tae twice their normal sze on page 42

1 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
spell. Ah could feel ma baws swollen an’ ah felt almost hypersen
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
aw blood n wan ae ma eyes is swollen over awready. The attack rele on page 43

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
or swollen supernovas starin on page 40

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
a energy oot o me. Ma face is swollen an it hurts like buggery. Ah'(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Swollen wi unborn lamb, on page 151

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ert tae tha roon’ness o her swollen wame.
1 matches

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