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The word 'sanctuary'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sanctuaryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7128
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central
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 sanctuary in Corpus

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Shetland

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
y o Glesga Chapel - a weekly sanctuary fur me whan we could gaddir a
1 matches

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he bolt. Reachin the familiar sanctuary o the bogie, he pit the rifle
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he drive up tae the 'Paws Dog Sanctuary' oan the ootskirts ae the too on page 158

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
til she cuid slidder throu to sanctuary. Pollis? Ambulance? Pollis an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ter an appointment wi the OT, Sanctuary Time an The Bridge.
In Sanctuary Time, Maureen uises the rhyth
2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a sanctuary set in thi perfect on page 81

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d. Gin they were lea’in the sanctuary o the lamasery in the spring
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
feels the right time tae find sanctuary in a place wae four wahs and
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
wis weel placed tae gie thaim sanctuary. Heich on the brae abune Pone on page 28
glens frae time tae time for sanctuary an rest at Priesthill; an con on page 42
sanctuary, the Reverend Alexander Peden on page 43

3 matches

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