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Use in varieties of Scots

grind Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 3.1 0 9.9 93 0 13.3
Number of occurrences266 0 1 16 0 3
Number of authors14 6 1 5 2

Occurrences of grind in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The cogs then stert tae grind and poond, on page 91

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The daily grind o life so taxin, on page 89

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Dreel your coulter, grind your stane, on page 78

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ttie o beef alloued tae us an grind it doun in the cast iron minc
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d tae their place ay work tae grind oot another thirty nine hours
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
un you a coffee fae Grain and Grind ????(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
'Plenty tae grind an tae saa.' on page 72

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Set open da grind. on page 31
usna come in ta da crö be da grind is dere ta tak whit dusna bel on page 139

4 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hat, ah'll get a man ta mak a grind i da back fence, an dan du ca on page 31
as lang as you let me mak dat grind fur you. Oh, an you better pi on page 32
dem back, ah'll just oppen da grind, an caa dem in ta da park.' on page 74

3 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
tE: Is du lockit da hame park grind? ; on page 106
grind = 'gate' in StE: Oppen da gri on page 107

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
'White! His granny's at da grind, on page 68

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Soondscapes, (Shetland For Wirds 2015) Shetland, poetry
troo da grind is a spaekin in tongues
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
Da Grind o da Navir is a spectacular p
Navir is a spectacular place. Grind is gate, but whit's da Navir?
Spaekin o grind, dirs lots o grinds aa ower.
er da Hoswick hill tae open a grind (somewhaur near da Eigg brig)

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Grind oot. on page 42

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
“Wha'll grind the wheat?” The pig sed,
a'll thresh the wheat? Wha'll grind the wheat? Wha’'ll mak the
2 matches

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