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The word 'armed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
armedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71911
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
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 2
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 armed in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
her wasted nae time at aa, an armed wi the knowledge fae the comp on page 84

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
tae aa fa are takkin part in Armed Forces Day events. We are gye(2016)
luck tae abidy takin part in Armed Forces Day events in Aberdeen(2017)
Happy Armed Forces Day! Thank ye fur yer (2018)

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e be safe. Inspector Tait wis armed wi a rifle, which he cockit a
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ferst click wiz the mine bein armed an as seen as he teen his wec
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Up cam an armed delegation. on page 12

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ht ae me in ma operatin gear. Armed wae maire tools than a carpen
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hers tae mairch ye hame unner armed guard! And then ah'll mak ric on page 156

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
inspeck thaim. “Ye’re no armed,” he sayed, “ye’re caul
orrugatit airn. Hauf a dizzen armed Chinese men cam oot an yin o
tae be the first tae face the armed men wha waved thaim doon on a
tae be the first tae face the armed men wha waved thaim doon on a
4 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
eged the school. They entered armed with a baseball bat, and atta on page 55

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
nests are gizzen in the grey-armed tree on page 33

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2022) Central
wis a guid turnout. Folk cam armed wi raincoats an wind-proof um

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
he government, hud a go at an armed insurrection which failed.

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
12th January 1682 a band o 60 armed men galloped the 10 miles tae

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ntin times when they’d been armed guards at conventicles. Moder

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