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The word 'michtie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
michtieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.85710
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 50.8 38 5
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) 131.3 4 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 145.4 8 1

Occurrences of michtie in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
on an on, an wis follaed bi a michtie lang leet o mairriage banns t on page 100

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
yne), an in ‘Jimmy’, thon michtie Scots skreivar, Sheena Blackh
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Michtie me!” says John, astonist,
arl. Trynes aince birled ower michtie brigs, ti jyne aw the ceities
Whan thai cam ti the michtie weire fens at the Inglish mai
3 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
fur them. We dae nou hae the michtie resource o the Dictionars o t on page viii

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
stuid up frae the grun lik a michtie aik he wes seilent fur a wie. on page 46

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Michtie me! Crivvens! Leuk Trev!' A r on page 20

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
tae ken whae A wis. Thay war michtie fliskie, kickin thair hint le on page 22

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
alfdan his bairns wuld rule a michtie kingdom. on page 13
fou o hissel an ettlin tae be michtie. 'Ah'll no kin kaim ma baird on page 14

24 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Aa that's left o sae michtie a man! on page 35

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Michtie me, it is tae! A niver thocht on page 84

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
or it's thirlt tae the pens o michtie monarchs o centuries syne. It on page 3

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Michtie Monad, Eastren Lord on page 17

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
research has brocht tae licht michtie new elite settlements and air
e existence o the Pechts. The michtie promontory fort (a settlement
ne hae been fund, tae, at the michtie Pechtish settlement at Tap O
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
it is thirlt tae a faur mair michtie sense o hert-hirplin sufferin
Swedish ‘att tåla’. The michtie Norse element in Scots – an
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
hicht’, ‘thocht’ and ‘michtie’. The leid-kist o the poem
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
Gaelic’s michtie cloot in Scotland is reflecti
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Yinst streeched an pu'ed wi Michtie Han on page 26
Michtie heilan shoother on page 32
A michtie wun amang it aa on page 45
wha o glorie is tha King? tha michtie Loard is this, on page 70

4 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
fer ït ïs tha cïtie o tha michtie Kïng. An dïnnae sweer bi ye on page 6
o on wull caa me blissit. Tha Michtie Yin haes daen wunnèrfu thïn on page 70
's croon, he haes brocht iz a michtie Saviour, jist lake he sayed o on page 71
agin kïngdom. Thair wull be michtie irthquakes, dairths an plague on page 105
Jesus o Nazareth, a proafit, michtie ïn hïs wurds an daeins afor on page 111

8 matches

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