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The word '-en'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
-enOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.621
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
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 -en 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.

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
se an sometimes shared da tail-en o a fysh wi him, laid oot apà on page 14

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
did ye splut up in the hinner-en?" speered Winnie. on page 13
at big match comin aff ess wik-en." on page 22
fin he hid te wirk it the wik-en: fullin bags o bruised corn; on page 88

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
es a wee holiday - a lang wik-en wi us an the bairns. She's na on page 34
Bi the eyn o the lang wik-en, aabody else wis haein a rare on page 38
ll or somethin fine it the wik-en - wi canna hae salad on a Se on page 71

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rrit te the big maatch ess wik-en - Aiberdeen's playin Celtic. on page 13

1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
aturs were aye fed at e hinner-en. on page 55

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
el A can tell Ye at the hinner-en A bainisht thaim tae lanely t on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
hinner-en o hir onkil, belyve. Shae wes
asps we fessed hame at the bak-en. We pued
lings at the brig-en wes cawin ajie an a sop o men
heistent hiz ain lang hinner-en.
loch-en, whaur thai cuid be sawed int
6 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
juist past the Lowrenburn toun-en. Me an Maggie on the cairt an
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in pregnant wi Gary in the fag-en o her ferteelity whan her eld
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
At ilka drumblie pit road-en on page 129

1 matches

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
dollybird wi the velvet single-en an the hoor's een on page 141

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
the calendar fae the tae year-en tae the tither. These are mai on page 56

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
said, Ah mean... wee sa va bee-en mer-see. on page 21

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
aid, Ah mean ... wee sa va bee-en mer-see.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
At the hinner-en, the Mous, wha seemed tae be on page 24
ot in a silence. At the hinner-en the Dodo said "Aabody haes wo on page 26
the while, till at the hinner-en it sat doun a guid wey aff, p on page 41
oot speikin; but at the hinner-en it unfauldit its airms, tuik on page 44

8 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
by the frost o Daith that back-en, an John Broun cam intae his on page 25
lin braith, till at the hinner-en her strength dwined awa, her on page 28
us o God - till at the hinner-en, they were sent awa back hame on page 34
nae surprise when, at the back-en o the year, amang ithers, aul on page 40
ou-oot that simmer an the back-en o 1684, Priesthill wis a bles on page 44
Also on pages 46, 50, 55, 56, 57, 59, 63, 71, 72, 73, 74, 79, 80
23 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
www.indigo.ie/egt/udhr/udlr-en.html on page 24

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
mynd stottin a baw aff a gable-en. on page 9

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
l be anither tax at the hinner-en o it, believe you me!' on page 17

5 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
s that of Gaelic." Bi the dowp-en o 1996 it wes patent that the on page 121

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ain staunart kythed i the fore-en o the Middle Scots period. Bi
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
lar occasions. Thare been week-en foregetherins in deifferent a
e neist Scottish Wild Law week-en wul tak place i the Ver o 201
2 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
I the lag-en o the 1960s an the airlie 197
t wis popular tirned i the lag-en o the 1960s. The wark o airti
2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n’s Fleshmairket. At the tap-en o the street stuid the pens a
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
the airmy barracks at the road-en, an, as we gaed ti sleep ablo
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
that at the hinner-en were pooches on page 36

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
I smell the tail-en o bye-gaun years, on page 156

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
The back-en chynged the wuids tae flame,
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
noo or Ah'd see ye at the road-en(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ce, pentit white, wi tha gavel-en recht by tha road. Ye cannae on page 27

1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
It wus tha hinner-en o October whun, dannerin roon
1 matches

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