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The word 'dens'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
densOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32112
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 dens in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
they biggit their hoosies an dens frae fir branches inno the Fi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Rocks, caves, lochs, muirlan dens an shades o daith
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
In dowie dens aye murmell in thair sleep, on page 30

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
they jumpit oot at him in the Dens Road demandin his money wi th on page 105
lice sent oot patrols tae the Dens Road and ayont tae Downfield. on page 106

2 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
frae the dens o lions, on page 8

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
slithered awa back tae their dens in the Hielans wi their ill-g on page 58

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
niver been intae nae drinkin dens o that sort, no afore noo, bu on page 140

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
in the dodgy dens weytin fer the on page 39

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
o North Germanic leids sic as Dens an Norn. on page 21

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ters is cryed Tycho efter the Dens astrologue Tycho Brahe (1546-
1 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Thing walin gin we mimic the Dens wird “Folketingsvalg”) i
Ps creatit a new pairtie, the Dens Fowks Pairtie. This pairtie h
Abbreviation Scots name Dens name Uisual Inglis name Scots
DFP Dens Fowks Pairtie Dansk Folkepart
e ken it frae Halieruid), sae Dens politicians daesna think it
5 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
ewell Grassmarket's howfs and dens on page 16
Those howfs and dens, kent sae we'el on page 41

2 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - On War, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
r dis it cum frae the connach dens o hungirie fowk that sleep on
1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
doun, the lairs ir lowries’ dens
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
an wids, the Brigham, Craufy, dens, swimmin and exploring. Great(2020)