A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'beloved'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
belovedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52519
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of beloved in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
dressing a bairn, a spouse, a beloved pet or farm animal, in the tw
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
shune shü hedd ta laeve her beloved Lucky, bit shü felt blyde at on page 31
t three months since I saw my beloved wife, and our son will be a b on page 77

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Then turn no pale, beloved snail, but come an join e dan on page 97

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ther maan keep's caaen hee's beloved boat a, "She!" Eit's mair thi on page 60

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r, even the very beauty o her beloved Moray Firth.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the chance tae come intae her beloved gairden. Apart fae the odd cu
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. “Here, mither, it’s yer beloved bible.”
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
fur waater except, sonsie, beloved, joyfu. on page 88

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
tae his beloved Hazel (she's a bit nutty) "Na
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
p fir a wee swally doon at ma beloved burra the nicht - the honist (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
me his hameland: a weel-kent, beloved landscape. Frae the Greeks he on page 100

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
austenty sae beloved o the rich. Fer, thru aw the on page 81
eneration ken fine that their beloved Empire is nae mair, an they s on page 114

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
beloved countryside. on page 121

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Then turn not pale, beloved snail, bit come an join the d on page 100

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
ike the hills ca'd oot tae ma beloved Granny on page 11

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ft wi the terrible loss o his beloved wife sae shuin efter his infa on page 28

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
and thocht, I7l never feel ma beloved Botswana ablow ma feet nae ma on page 15

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ir wunnerfu for you and aw ma beloved Gowden Ticket hauders - myst on page 60
O your beloved ain dear wean? on page 158

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
t tae thon atween her and her beloved.
d by her female co-makars and beloved(s).
2 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
turgeon is as devalued as her beloved Sterling noo. Keep on daein w (2022) twitter link

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
He kill’t his beloved Nintendo
1 matches

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