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The word 'heichest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
heichestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42417
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 11.9 9 7
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of heichest in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"An juist whin I wis taen da heichest tree ida forest," said da Doo on page 53

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
'1l come on ye an e pooer o e Heichest will come ower ye lik a shadd on page 80
, will be ca'ed E Prophit o e Heichest, ye'll come afore e Lord tae on page 81
'Glory tae God in heichest hivven, on page 82
hivven an glory tae God i the heichest." on page 112

4 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
ation ower the age o 3 (equal heichest tae Shetland Islands Cooncil)
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
kle cone in tke distance, the heichest pynt o the coonty: Fifiepappl on page 77

1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
weill as be-in a makar o the heichest order, Willie wes the thrid e on page 3

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
t e'en whan he gies Scott the heichest ruise, i the hinnerend, his s on page 116

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
an tho his awn beiss wes the heichest at hame, it's but a cowt ti t on page 139

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
whaur the heichest praise on page 32

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
irst day in kindergarten: the heichest goal is the pursuit o knawled
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
is heichest in weemin o that age on page 31

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
my wee nest at the tap o the heichest tree in the hale wid," skreic on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
a cam at the same time as the heichest nummers for Scots speaking ev on page 37

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Ratton wis perched up on the heichest shelf o the laich-hoose, keek on page 65

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
the deepest lochs, the heichest cairns - on page 19

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
p. Faurer on Owsen Craig, the heichest pynt in eastern Aiberdeenshir on page 65

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
Wha lowps the heichest gangs the maist agley.
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ang thaim that spak it in the heichest places o the land.
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
ettle efter naething but the heichest, fairest staundarts that‟s
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Boris is ae gowkairse of the heichest ae maister o gowkairsey gowka(2020)
ich-heidit gowkairserie o the heichest!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
the heichest mountain. on page 182

1 matches

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