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The word 'beiss'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
beissOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.2303
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 25.4 10 2
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 beiss in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
). An thon's a gey het-skinnt beiss, bi the luik o'm. Wul ye mak on page 48

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
haim skelpin awaw eftir thair beiss. Thai wes richt about the soj
wp i the sharn, an the cannie beiss wes keikin roun at hir lik it
wes weill awaw an ristit the beiss bi Saunt
maist cannie beiss weill kent ti the fowk, ti ta
“A maun ti the beiss,” an gaed but. The kie wes
8 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
le pictur o ferm-life an ferm beiss, dugs in parteikular. In 'Lan on page 5

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
o the Scotts) wha herries his beiss forby. His brither Adam skart on page 138
t bi speirits, an tho his awn beiss wes the heichest at hame, it' on page 139
rra ack o drivin the pauchilt beiss. A skartin ensues, wi mukkil on page 142

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
i whuther this extens til the beiss anaw. He cites twa ferlies: a
concludin remerks is that the beiss ir mair sinned again nor sinn
dirk an warsils wi the mukkil beiss. But baith faws a hunner feet
3 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
outhers. It remaned ti wale a beiss o birn. Nou a horss is a fine on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
he sojer gane, an anerlie the beiss o birn levit ... gif A hed an on page 4

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
The norie ahint it is that aw beiss an plants, atweill the haill
muive awa frae thinkin aboot beiss an plants as juist an eik til
on the Yirth at is skaired wi beiss and plants. It is a wey o thi
the Yirth, or WWF for hainin beiss an plants. Forby, we hae nati
ntress for ti proteck plants, beiss and launscapes. Govrenments a
11 matches

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