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The word 'anchor'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
anchorOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32719
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 3
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 56.2 4 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of anchor in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
a great cruise liner stood at anchor in the String. on page 49

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
bar. The goldereen's aither a anchor or a hurlan wind. He taks the on page 89

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
on da neist, dey lost der anchor. on page 59

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Guide, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Du is dat anchor
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
lay a deep, owld anchor
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
shty fishin boaties bobbit at anchor. The lift wis the colour o a
1 matches

Aberdeen

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
htent ma vísion an lowsed ma anchor on page 139

1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
o yon place, fur it gid me an anchor, a sense o place, that ither on page 51

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
I cud venture tae the Crown n Anchor bit ma auld pegs are nae as c(2017)
k I may start gan tae Croon n Anchor ????(2018)

(South) East Central

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
reen a navy ship was ridin at anchor oot on the Firth, wi helecopt on page 5

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
eks the rule, eg "francheese, anchor".
k len wirds: ache, anarchist, anchor, Bacchic, character, choir, c
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The ship slips anchor in the Firth o Clyde, on page 19

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh wish that eh kin anchor yi, on page 21

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
land boat in an she's droppin anchor in the roads jist the nou.' on page 35

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The ship slips anchor in the Firth o Clyde,
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Whase luve wis a dairk anchor, on page 50

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
e ride oot the storm. But the anchor snappit an the ship stertit t

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Nicht at Anchor on page 39

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
o The Anchor gars me pit a step oan. on page 11

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
the ae mune oor anchor on page 183

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
their galleys at anchor oan Sulwath, on page 36

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
o' the Boord's programmes tae anchor the forderin on page 41
heft tae anchor ither storytellin' in prent a on page 51
e the baag attraction at shud anchor this offerain, the Ulster on page 64

3 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
n feet hae gie ye fittins, an anchor fur yer life. on page 18

1 matches

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