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The word 'meanins'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
meaninsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.11311
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 6
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 meanins in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
mlar or jüst da sam, bit dir meanins irna. D'ir parteeclarly commo on page 105

1 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
mlar or jüst da sam, but dir meanins irna. D'ir parteeclarly commo

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
da sam but hae very different meanins in different languages), dis

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Like a pockmanty, ye ken, twa meanins stappit thegidder intil the a on page 84

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
scry oot the meanins on page 32

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
it wi the ambiguities o their meanins. I hae ettlet at follaein the on page vii

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
eve till aw words loose their meanins, dae ye justice A simply coul on page 78

1 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
r mair nor juist the wirds an meanins thit occur anely in Scots an on page 59

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
na aye jalouse, at first, the meanins. on page 14

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
k the word 'no' hae a warld o meanins, tae pittin oan make-up, gaei on page 90

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
tae illustrate the meanin or meanins o wirds. Then cuttin and past on page 15
t possible examples fae whilk meanins can be deduced. The facility on page 17

2 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
y, but there’s a wheen ither meanins in the Scots dictionar. https(2020)

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