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The word 'hymn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hymnOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51815
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
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 hymn in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
rse cackle is bön a hameward hymn on page 19

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Da fur hats, da ivver-ready hymn-books, on page 115

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ne an the fooshtie guff o aul hymn beuks. He closed is een an my on page 74
o folk did their best it the hymn singin, strugglin throwe The on page 76

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
There wis a reeshle o hymn buiks, the whiff o peppermint
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ood. A blackie wis singin her hymn o praise to the Almichty for on page 53

1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
eed ‘em singin’ fae th same hymn sheet! #biggernpolitics(2020)

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - St Anndra’s Day, 2008, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ant copywriter didnae ken the hymn.
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
and sang her hymn o praise on page 129

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 73 - Wrack, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
ecesses, chauntan th'auncient hymn on page 77

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ae the 13t century, the’r a hymn in the Laitin tae celebrate P
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
gled he’s taen this frae a Hymn,
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'All rise for the entrance hymn,' says Faither Murphy. on page 114

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
A douce-like hymn for deid-sang on page 6

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
An Ingaun Hymn on page 97

2 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Duncan wha helpt his peers I hymn
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
re the Mercat Cross an sang a hymn afore Renwick read oot a decl

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