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mensefu Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 18.7 4.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4137 3 0 0 1 0
Number of authors23 21 2 1

Occurrences of mensefu in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
forbye that he wis ane o yon mensefu collogue that, in 1971, tryst on page 10

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
at ae level her gate wis aye mensefu. An yit it wis thare. Kate ha on page 16
son for it, an it haed seemed mensefu eneuch at the time. Jean's ho on page 19

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
t but glents in the lift. For mensefu fowk, they are riddlums. For on page 87

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Aa talk wes mensefu, ilk word said on page 91

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
or's speech had gien the mair mensefu animals on the fairm a new oo on page 6

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Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
wi a mensefu innins tae Osirisan thon ill- on page 23

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
and ah'm ettlin tae fund some mensefu way tae explain it.' on page 174
dae it. He wis that sane and mensefu.' on page 191

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
n mean wi the gracefu wit o a mensefu hedonist, an superstitious ra on page 101
fast) insteid o sayin he's a mensefu an on page 119

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Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
nk o't as bot a cairn, an ein mensefu cheils spak o eikin a chukkie on page 25

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Denyin herbour for nae mensefu cause on page 31

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
t's a lang day or I spak wi a mensefu man, wi harns ahint his een. on page 47

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
gaun on in Scots, but wi nae mensefu place tae gang. As ye're aboo on page 4

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
is there for grantin yoursels mensefu? Praesent-day literary Scotla on page 96

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Aa talk wes mensefu, ilk word said on page 91

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
mensefu we come, see, ti ser the Lord on page 17

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s winna be necessar. It's aye mensefu tae mynd an lat somebody ken on page 65

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
irr o comedy - the gentie an mensefu afftakins o Molière or Beaum on page 109

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ems is guid forbye; thochtie, mensefu an droll. I likit the ane ane on page 121

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Millar leas the darg til his mensefu dug, Yarrow. Yarrow in fack f
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
lans 57 that "snawbaa" isna a mensefu spellin, an yet hissel writes
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
uidna jalouse whitlik wes the mensefu commend ti mak aither. Inglis
. He sekes aye ti be bauld an mensefu, schawin curtassie ti weimenf
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
wi that thocht afore us is a mensefu oncome. It’s wicelike tae a
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
spak mensefu, grown up athout the wuss to
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
tae gie Scots fu creedit as a mensefu national leid, but it minds u
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
hn Scott, an the far-seen and mensefu William Dolby: A graduatit su
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
na hurt his feelins. He wis a mensefu young man. She hurried ower t
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Whuther it’s mair mensefu in yer mind, Tae thole the th
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
y epic The Brus, the earliest mensefu wark o Scots literature that
sses forby a profoond sense o mensefu silence and patience in sair-
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
reserve o men, and afore onie mensefu notion o wimmen’s – no ta
nd sicweys incapable o formin mensefu freenships in the ae wey as m
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
d, whaur Gaelic has had maist mensefu steidin in modern times.
ry ootput. Baith are wirthy o mensefu respeck. Baith are yin o a ki
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Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
wed corn breidnirls, seeds as mensefu burds dae bit naw A've dashel on page 3

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ce tae the filk aat wad be as mensefu as a dictionar." on page 31
Ailice interruppit, nae verra mensefu-like. on page 78

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Southern

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