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The word 'heis'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
heisOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus24.3812
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 104.6 32 1
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) 593.5 49 1
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 heis in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
s o thi drivin rain, batteren heis. Eit weis freezen cal, an kre on page 4
thoose grun's weis handee fur heis, cus we hid a sma vejitable g on page 6
an at didna bod ower weel, we heis haulin wer labster creels Soo on page 10
, an startet steemen teward's heis, flaat oot, we thi reek taken on page 12
cis boaty wis awta bonnie tae heis, She wis 23 fit we a deck on on page 17
Also on pages 18, 21, 37, 38, 39, 47, 55, 57, 64, 65
32 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Improve heis gleamin tail, on page 18
was moderate. But th cheek o heis Normans-' How are ee gettin o on page 25
h um! But Ah'd better tak him heis fan an gloves-that is, if Ah on page 33
r guddle o voices - "Haud up heis heid-Brandy noo - Dinnae cho on page 37
" Faither William replied tae heis son, on page 45
Also on pages 54, 56, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 76, 77, 85, 91, 92, 96, 100, 101, 103, 104, 107, 108, 110, 112, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120, 123
49 matches

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