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The word 'tomb'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tombOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.93314
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 6
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) 145.4 8 1

Occurrences of tomb in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
leenin cloot an laid it in a tomb hackit oot o e rock far nae m on page 120
gaster fan they gaed till his tomb an culdna fin his body, an ca on page 121

8 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ter deid, but escaped fin the tomb wiz opened bi Archie Ologist, on page 40

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ken us? We needs maun big a tomb, on page 26

2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
estate. Sellar lies deid in a tomb at Elgin. The stookie haes ha
t ower it. Patrick Sellar’s tomb wis hit wi a sledgehammer, it
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hale room stayed silent as a tomb. on page 160

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ower the Tomb o King Galdus at Torhouse. on page 85

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In the tomb turned tunnels o the brattach on page 29
nna hiv too much space in the tomb. on page 82

2 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
An dee tae brak their livin tomb. on page 17

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
aid ye oot athin yer nameless tomb.
1 matches

General Central

McNeil, Andrew Lallans 58 - Carnegie’s Turning, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bruce's tomb top on page 122

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
"Like tomb." Autumn is the season of dea on page 3

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Dinna desecrate ma faither's tomb on page 29

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
prehistoric Orcadians and the tomb builders'. He compares the cl on page 110

1 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
h sits it a table scannin the tomb. We’re in Amsterdam’s Red
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
an dee tae brak their leivin tomb” Pics here bi ma frien, Norm(2020)

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
en claith, an layed ït ïn a tomb cut oot o tha roak, whar naeb on page 110
o day, tha weemen cum tae tha tomb, an brocht tha spices the' ha on page 111

8 matches

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