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The word 'shines'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shinesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.93822
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 57.6 13 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 4
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of shines in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
His love fur aal mankind shines through and he, as a freend, on page 77

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Bit whan the sun shines some days coman on fur June, on page 111

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
oer that opens up fin the sun shines doon on't, Mitherin, then, wi
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Though the sun shines on page 4

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
we dee't. At broken ex still shines inside my heid tho fit we min on page 10

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan i'sun shines they aa ging tae i'shade on page 113

5 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Sin comes oot shines sae bricht
Sin dis come oot an shines sae braw .
En oot comes the sin an shines sae braw.
Sin shines throo lang afore mid day,
4 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Nae a monsoon sin shines again,
Sin comes oot an shines sae braw.
2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@originalfm #Aha Sun ni’ver shines oan e’ Telly up there wi Wiz(2018)

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
aye wiz, een noo heez hoose 'shines ilka a brent-new preen'. Whit on page 78

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
he licht fae a kitchen windae shines oot oan a coal bunker. Tom cr on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
he slither ae light peerin in shines a torch oan his battered and
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
club - and time and again it shines through on the park - the in (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
But whether or no he shines the morn, he's braw the day. on page 208

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
n Cross' bricht constellation shines, on page 20

2 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
n Bella Caledonia. Sara Clark shines a licht on oor self-hatred in
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Your passion, for oor game, shines through,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
and opens thum up. The light shines through and leaves me feelin
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Cross’ bricht constellation shines,
Patriarch, yer vibrant spirit shines,
2 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
The light that shines ahint yer een, on page 89

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
wan sun shines doon. on page 13
On aw oor heids wan sun shines doon! on page 38

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e green jaicket's mink collar shines as much as it did the day ah on page xvii

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
The moon shines oan the Bay of Carse on page 56

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
snaffle that shines lak' a shillin',
1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
s o' guid academic quality at shines a licht oan Ulster-Scots on page 29

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
win, like whan a bricht licht shines on ye." on page 90

1 matches

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