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The word 'paece'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
paeceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.55612
ORK - Orkney 139.1 14 6
SHD - Shetland 244.1 42 6
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
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)
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 paece 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.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
i'the gowden tide, aboot the paece o distance, on page 8
n, the braeth, the lithy, the paece, the dunt as the planet-braid on page 53
twa day afore lukkan. Days o paece, forgettan, pretendan sheu wi on page 73
s screen in anither. Hid isno paece, but hid's somtheen closs. on page 74
an that wey isno that far fae paece. on page 122

7 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Tak paece, owld man, on page 5
yit none bide a-paece on page 32

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Takk paece on ye.' on page 12
got no paece on page 74

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tak paece on thee. Thoo hiv tae be ferl on page 70

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hard worst hands gae paece on page 93

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@helenmoncrieff Tak paece on theesel, lass and follow d (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
e o six days da Göd Man took paece on da seeventh. Dis wis ta be on page 4
s liicht an colour an perfect paece. Abön wis da noise o fools s on page 5
paece, fir noo dat you ken richt fa on page 6
wisna ta be shifted shö took paece an said nae mair. on page 17
n dee fir onything, go an tak paece.' A peerie start later da sam on page 21
Also on pages 29, 39, 47, 51, 63, 71, 73, 88, 99, 113, 117, 141, 145, 155, 165, 169
32 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
urprise me. I tocht I wid hae paece here. Dats why I flit, ta get on page 27
nacbody, dat wye shü wid hae paece. on page 28
ir ting 3 dug, canna even get paece. Dir baaled oot da skin a da on page 47

3 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
laek De'r paece, De'r lochs, De'r a dratsi in on page 87

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Hit's aesy ta see foo paece offerings on page 46

1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
dat, da peerie grice lived in paece an contentment an da Muckle W
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
een cast in lang. But noo wir paece has come tae an end. A human
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Meenie an me wir blyde o wir paece an quiet an got a lok o wark
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
2008 saa an end tae wir paece on da hills. Da risin price o
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
celebs A’m needin a grain o paece.
1 matches

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