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The word 'hem'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hemOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72816
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of hem in Corpus

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Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Quhan we wir wun hem on page 17

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Truth, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
an gallavantin, du’s come hem
1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Frisk Waatir Troot, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
quhan he wan hem,
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
r tae wer starboard side, Bit hem still looken aift struck eis on page 17
int eit, eit wid prubablee be hem eit's gan tae get thi feish t on page 26
long side hee's berth, Tellen hem fit tae dee an fit nay tae de on page 28
o Margit, hayen tae pet up we hem," a say's, shi reply's, "Eit on page 30
aim across "Baggy," an speert hem eif hce wis sikken tae gin oo on page 46
Also on pages 51
9 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ye'll nivver hem it in. on page 5

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Martens teetin oot aneth the hem. on page 29

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
tened wi' a nappy peen an the hem o her clarty skirt went up an on page 22

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
s was stiff. Ye stood up. The hem o yer coat was weet and rubbe
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nae arable fields hem't in bi fences, on page 16

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
vely. She scanced doon at the hem o the tunic, which barely cam
s thocht Kamile wis trailin a hem - she maun hae heard stories
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Hem!" said the Moose wae an air a on page 26

1 matches

McClure, Rob nothing but a set of eyes for stars - The Night, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
ang-lippit hairy wheeched her hem above her knee. on page 101

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
he edge o the jury-box wi the hem o her skirt, tummlt it ower o on page 44

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Nae arable fields hem’t in bi fences,
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
is steikit; I glaum at the hem o her goon, on page 45

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi weet kirtle hem at your knees, on page 5

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ntae the shed, tittrin is the hem o her lang skirt snagged oan
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
couped ower th jury-box wi th hem o hur skirt, tippin aw th jur on page 115

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tae let thaim jist touch tha hem o his robe. An iveriebodie th on page 9

1 matches

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