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The word 'grimly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
grimlyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1134
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 1
SHD - Shetland
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 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 grimly in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
through the grimly trees. on page I
ose teuk a dander through the grimly trees. on page 1
moose dandered on through the grimly trees. on page 5
moose dandered on through the grimly trees. on page 9
In the grimly trees his wis time for a trea on page 23

6 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Baith hauns clampt grimly on page 37
'It's him richt enow', we grimly agreed on page 51
Afore grimly announcing, 'Take him down!' on page 145

3 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
nieve on the kitchen table an grimly cried, "But nou, thenks be ta on page 26
ae control his mount, held on grimly tag its mane for fear o bein on page 38
turnt on John Broun. Clavers, grimly mountit on his horse, his swo on page 45

3 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
towed in muils, rot wull come grimly slaw. on page 35

1 matches

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