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The word 'keings'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
keingsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.794
ORK - Orkney
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
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 keings in Corpus

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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
i "Come an we'se lat on we're keings an queens!" an her sister, fa on page 13
e-boats, An castocks, cats an keings, on page 54

2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
e firsten gryte white-bairdit keings on page 30

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ythit bi wey thai hae fremmit keings ti ruill ower thaim. Frae
ur the Scots wes fay ti thair keings, releigiouns
the Keingdome o Fyfe. Scotch keings bad thare fur monie generauti
3 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
icturs o huntin, battailyies, keings ir weirriours, as weill as th on page 42
g leits thai descreived Pecht keings as Scots ti gie a heize ti th on page 47

2 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
yae raw in order o rank: the keings, the dukes, the lairds, an ri on page 42

1 matches

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