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The word 'sweem'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sweemOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.44121
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 3
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 5 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 85.3 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sweem in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
As the fok sweem and play and don't realise on page 83

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Ta sweem intae his jaas!" on page 20
ta be altered fae shö hed da sweem ida loch, an da muckle haal, on page 33
"Sweem efter dem!" scrieched da Gryp on page 100
er guid a sowl, Juist couldna sweem laek dee. on page 121
'said I couldna sweemdu canna sweem, can du?" he axed, turnin ta on page 122

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
salmon sweem, scarlet lowsin on page 65

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
far oot till sea as ee can-" "Sweem efter them!" screamed e Gryph on page 96

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
ing yer dookers an ging for a sweem wi the locals. Mind yersel th on page 37

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
outit. "Wi'll ging doon fir a sweem an gie yer Mam peace te unpac on page 43

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lim doon, rin ower the san an sweem aff fur a dook. Fin they war
trie waters o the equator tae sweem, an dive, an plan, an pleuter
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
could feel my heed begin tae sweem and my een got affa blurry bu
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@AiberdeenQuine I'm awa for a sweem in i sheep dip.(2019)
Jist awa ti attimpt ti sweem ower i bay. I'll let yi ken h(2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
they've a sea o burnin ile ti sweem in that fair keeps them warm. on page 44

1 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
If ye canna sweem, yer sure tae droon So dinna on page 29

1 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s quaicked awa and gaed for a sweem. on page 16

1 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
that sweem the warld's lungs. on page 84

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
Ye sweem up tae the surface o the baa-
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@watterloony Did he sweem a bit min(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ntae the loch and stertit tae sweem across tae the island. But he on page 27

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
innae bi a eegit! Oo cuid aye sweem oot!' A answert. on page 59

4 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
in the sun tae juist sweem an sweem. on page 37

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
boot. 'He'll droon! He cannae sweem a stroke! Save him! Save him! on page 84

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ck, quack, an sometimes would sweem in the watter. E was for egg, on page 120

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Div rattons no sweem?" askit Trev. on page 82

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
e sea-nymphs, she ordered, “Sweem tae aw the airts an bring me
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
eemt tae hae changed frae hir sweem in the pool; an the muckle ha on page 33
"Sweem efter thim!" screamt the Gryp on page 99
Yit said A cudnae sweem. on page 120
, efter aal. '- said A cudnae sweem-' yae cannae sweem, can yae?" on page 121

5 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
paused an thocht bak tae hir sweem an wunnered if she cud divulg on page 55

1 matches

General Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
a burn. The pig sed, “A can sweem ower the burn.’ “A cannae
ower the burn.’ “A cannae sweem, sed the pancake.
“Get on mae neb, an A wull sweem ower wi yaeThe pancake got on
3 matches

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