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The word 'seal'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sealOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.93326
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of seal in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
he'd browt fae da sailin ta seal der lovematch? on page 66

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ed in a quick peerie selkie / seal rescue dis lunchtime. A grey (2018)
Selkie and draatsi (seal and otter). A fine peerie tre(2014)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@johnneh Bosy dat seal (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Thi fate o ye twa syne we'll seal." on page 16
Sic sure he wis thi bet he'd seal. on page 23
Wull kent his bet he'd seal. on page 28

3 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
h the night she soonds like a seal barkin. I can hear her throug
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
es the rain, ices fate it dis seal.
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
rug advice couple o pies wid seal it(2020)
Fa didna seal the shower richt https://t.co(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tarin at me wae its huge baby seal eyes. Jesus, he looks at me. on page 150

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
e her blood looked like a wax seal, the kind ancient fowk stampe
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
esh meat an this mainly meant seal meat. Nou seals were sometime on page 37

2 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Place me like a seal oan yer hert on page 17

2 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
He wis richt drouthy, an the seal wis unbrucken. He bruke it. T
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
but nanetheless decree the seal is broke fur the day on page 5

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
us, wi the labsters, oot tae seal" But the snail reponed "Ower on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
like a deid seal tae the machair, on page 45

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
He'll set his seal on Rizzio's bluid. on page 24

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
in the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (1451); and – l
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
rivy Cooncillor an Lord Privy Seal, wis lang an successfae, serr
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
makar and Keeper o the Great Seal o Scotland – whae deed in M
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
sellor and Keeper o the Great Seal o Scotland unner Mary Queen o
1 matches

@weenell3 tweeted
ends I'm still barking like a seal. Unfortunately I cannae take (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
a 7 spices cause av broke the seal, god bless the donner hoagies (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
nd on its mooth a guid strong seal on page 44

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
entitie haes been a parochial seal amang local cooncils, tourist
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
in a seal'd-aff cellar on page 133

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
O seal-maids an kelpies
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Will seal ma doom. on page 6

1 matches

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