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Use in varieties of Scots

chief Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20 18.5 40.7 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences6436 27 0 0 1 0
Number of authors33 24 8 1

Occurrences of chief in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ecountry is, eh. 'Seuse me, chief, zis New Zealand or Australia on page 10

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n ae the comfy wans n the big chief points tae the wee plasticky on page 52

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
et yin o hir dochters tae the chief men. An in Iceland hir brithe on page 14

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n skulduggery goin on, an the chief's ward wuid likely cairry mai on page 31
hey hae as their Commander-in-Chief. The dementia that this induc on page 119

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thi haed chief, aah ei wiz goin on page 41

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n wis up agin Brude, king, or chief o the Picts. Alpin had taen u on page 14
n it, boat nummer ane, wi the chief harpooner on board, wuid get on page 40
ht nae mair. At that pynt the Chief Harpooner wuid cam alangside on page 41

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
weel, Wee Grumphie felt quite chief wi Heehaw yince mair, and hel on page 64
Roo waitin and aw, bein awfie chief wi Teeger, and this made it F on page 106

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
the chief engineer on the Starship Ente on page 70

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Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
He said, "Dinnae ask me, Chief, for I dinnae ken." on page 123

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Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
accepte. He wis lik the heich-chief. on page 11

2 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Great Orator an Shawnee Chief on page 87

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
n in shame, he went tae Zeus, chief o aw the gods, and Zeus's fac on page 3

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
atty raired thegither, lukkin chief wi thairsels. on page 64

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
u conduck o an umquhile local chief constable towarts himsel. The on page 25

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
made siccar that the chief leids o Scotland wis haunled
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
e, cherry, chestnut, chicken, chief, chiel, chimley, chin, chip,
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
for he ance sayed that “the chief need of our time is 1,480 mor
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
dies and Miseryguts ane o the chief delichts is in ownin an aye t
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
t claimit that Wallace wis ’chief o brigands in Scotland’. An
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
nae help aither whan the Tory chief whip telt Ross an his ilk tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ell, that sterts as the first Chief Executive o the new Gaelic De
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
f we’d ony choice! When the Chief decided tae go, his factors w
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
na mean he wis prepart tae be chief wi Bill. He had clearly resen
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
and the “high-heid-yin in chief”.
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
e Scots language an ane o the chief editors o A Dictionary of the
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@ThonJacobite tweeted
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Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ae dee onything - but my da, Chief Inspector Mackintosh tae gie on page 74

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
ettle no tae eariwig on thair chief collogues bit am sookit in Cr on page 3

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Ma faither thi "Chief," weis een o thi Boddim Licht on page 4
Thi "Chief," eense wurkit eis a keeper e on page 7
r, "Raachil" an ma faither , "Chief" Aye caa ma faither at couse on page 60

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Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Chief wi Een Anither on page 83

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Fit is the chief eyn o Man?
Man's chief eyn is tae glorifee God an ta
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
re were sceptics makin noise. Chief among these sceptics wis Abbi
rganised between masel an the Chief Inspector at Aiberdeen’s Bu
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ig and smaa. But fitiver, the Chief Constable wiz teen ower the c
teams, forensic fowk and the Chief Constable. A complete news bl
The Chief Constable sat at his desk fin
fae MI5 stood lookin oot the Chief Constable’s office windae.
the Tower!” he said tae the Chief Constable. Hesitatingly, as i
8 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Fit a brave chief ye are,” said the bonnie la
their castle ower the Dee the chief o clan Farquharson hissel hid
h in his bunnet, that anely a chief o a lang bluid-line micht wei
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
at Bennachie gainst Calcagus chief o a clan
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@beast_afc tweeted
ust keep ma heed doon. Cheers chief.(2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Th chief difficulty Ahlice funnd at fi on page 81

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