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The word 'crimson'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crimsonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.91615
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 crimson in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
crimson tendrils feathered on the san on page 49

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
, carryan e King's crown on a crimson velvet cushion; an, last o al on page 76
E Queen turned crimson wi fury, an, efter glaran at on page 77

2 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
enough tae burst yer skull crimson. on page 33

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
were a bricht crimson. On tap o ae door it said the
1 matches

West Central

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
d wis drenched ‘n a strikin crimson liquid which lookt awfa like
1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ly cid’ve been described as crimson or puce or anything mair deli
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’s guzzlin in response, the crimson liquid pishin oot his nose.
1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Whaur peonies erst in crimson bled on page 2

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
famously representit by thon crimson tippit flooer which haed a st
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
their autumn claes o orange, crimson, gowd, russet, lime green, ye
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
le fae the coast o Phoenicia; crimson madder roots fae Phrygia; an
1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
A wrote o crimson tippit flooer,
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The fire exudes, a crimson hue on page 39

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
carryin th King's croon oan a crimson velvet cushion; an, last o aw on page 78

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
if it wisnae fur their crimson on page 56

1 matches

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