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The word 'deus'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
deusOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.5183
ORK - Orkney 168.9 17 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 deus in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
In fact, the more that bai deus wrong, the more ah'm thinkan on page 15
Sheu deus the dishes, drives owld cars, on page 23
While Maggie deus the ironeen, I slip oot fur a on page 39
nny sighs, "Oh, mercy me. Why deus he tak thon whims? on page 55
id, "Beuy, you must agree hid deus luk aafal nice." on page 73
Also on pages 81
8 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
wi this soond, deus sheu ken whar sheu is. on page 3
Naebody deus. Sheu dights her plaet. on page 11
"Whit wey deus hid wirk?" asks Eynar, pooran on page 12
an Ingrid-" "Deus thoo no think A'm kennan that on page 69
rogrammed yet by the spacers? Deus sheu mynd whit like is the ta on page 71
Also on pages 91, 131
8 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
eeït tae diskirsiv pros. Hid deus, tho, chans at tainan Orcadia
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
like a deus ex machina, on page 8

1 matches

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