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The word 'goddess'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
goddessOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.65212
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 1
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
NEC - North East Central 596.2 13 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 38.1 29 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 goddess in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
Start somewye, goddess, Zeus's dochter, an tell wis
Da nymph Calypso - glorious goddess - wis coopit
Tae dis Athene, da ool-eed goddess, answered:
A tree-covered isle, whaar a goddess haes her haem;
4 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
on Epona, the Great Meer, the Goddess o Horsemen worshipped throwoo
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
The goddess Hera, when she heard aw this, on page 3
a king. When his mither, the goddess Hera, wis doon on Earth, Eury on page 5
wden antlers that belangs the goddess Artemis. Ye canna herm it in on page 14
nt him, steam comin oot o her goddess lugs. on page 15
"The goddess Hera pit a cantrip on me and on page 16
Also on pages 27, 28, 40, 45, 51
13 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Grantit to goddess and mortal bard Ye cannae fol on page 4

1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
majestic as a goddess ocht, on page 129

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n. They gawped at this ferlie goddess, and suddenly even the plook on page 102

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
corridors lik the statue o a goddess surroondit be worshipers.
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
nae muckle breistit lik thon goddess o luist. on page 14

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
A stookie goddess... me, no me? on page 19

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
n it is cryed efter the Roman goddess o beauty an love. The Latin w
owk used tae worship the Moon goddess Luna – giein us the modren
the Roman Ceres that wis the goddess o ferming an growthieness. In
od Ouranós the husband o the goddess Gaea. Nane o the ancients ken
4 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
been taucht tae weave by the goddess Athena hersel. The fineness o
n heich Moont Olympus, an the goddess decided tae pey her auld pupi
“No bad,” the goddess croaked. “A bittie dreich f
Ma weavin is better than the goddess Athena hersel cud dae.”
a claith bonnier than ony yer goddess’s fingers can mak,” she s
23 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the watters, gyurds frae the Goddess on page 21

1 matches

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