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The word 'thine'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thineOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5167
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 37.7 6 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
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) 176.7 2 1
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 thine in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
id's me heid on the block, no thine. on page 16
billy - if thoo wants, he's thine tae keep on page 50
t's me coat! I must be wearan thine!" They totter home in stages, on page 70

3 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
alane wi whit is thine, like a summer's gairdeen on page 58

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
ee’s, and the occasional ‘thine’s – that well up like swe
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
May Thine be the Pouer an the Glory
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
verily, methinks, thy, thou, thine, mine, art, unto, speaketh et
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ck which thoo is retainin for thine ain Use); the caap (objeck wh
ck which thoo is retainin for thine ain Use) is forenent the baal
ck which thoo is retainin for thine ain tise); Ah (possessor) hae
“Cud thoo no jiist cover thine een?” askit Iskander.
t. “Maybes Ah’ll deleever thine ae day.”
6 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
It'll bide forever thine. on page 6

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Trua blessin in thine heart, on page 19
Shadow guid' haes gi'n thine leadin', on page 28

2 matches

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