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The word 'sypin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sypinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2147
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 3
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 sypin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t it Tamara wailin intill her sypin hunkie. Ah'd read an article on page 77

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he misfitted a ledge that wis sypin watter ooto a lang crack. Wi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ped puir Geordie inno a pail, sypin-weet pishy sawdust anna. Syne
s in her thin simmer frock an sypin weet sandals. Gracie Girn did
2 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
huskie fae a noo empie bottle sypin intae the pookit cairpet. Doo on page 97
Almichtie aboot watter stull sypin throu the kirk ruif, an nae s on page 100

2 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
get yersel sypin weet - seepin! on page 7

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
the weet, hett sticky piddles sypin inno his socks. It collekit i
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
it hes feet up an doon, bluid sypin throu hes fingers. on page 34
, Maw had the creeshy sticky, sypin splatch o egg-drookit lint st on page 36

2 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
aboot gaun on. Ma breeks war sypin weet, ma gansey an serk sleev on page 22

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
bluid atween ma breists, sypin through on page 81

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
hin, sleshin, saberin, joukin sypin sarks an draigled drawers. St on page 63

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An aa my face is sypin wat wi greetin - on page 43

1 matches

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