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The word 'calmed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
calmedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.41412
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of calmed in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ound. As he groaned he slowly calmed his breathin doon and found i
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General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
‘is mornin!! Still noo I’ve calmed doon, in th gran’ scheme o’(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
that got in his wey. When he calmed doon, he saw Megara, his wife on page 3

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ns the hing she seems tae huv calmed doon and even oaffers me a sm on page 37

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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
eased its bangin 'n' mah mynd calmed tis storm. Kip finally threat
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thi rooks huv calmed rite doon on page 32

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e’d lost his audience an’ calmed doon.
1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
till a bit wobbly but the dug calmed me doon. A ruffled her hair. on page 39

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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
other scuffle at the van’s calmed doon an the two currant buns
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General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ntins didna mak her feart. It calmed her that they were there, ali on page 11

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Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
when he'd calmed doon. A gaun aboot laddie. Ye on page 18

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
?' But efter a wee while, she calmed doon. And by denner me, she w on page 104

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
that wes fleggit an feart wes calmed doun wi the sayin, "Wheesht y on page 10

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
taen him doonstairs whaur he calmed a wee an says he couldnae sle on page 14

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