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The word 'dysel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dyselOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4133
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 75.6 13 3
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
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 dysel in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an du sal love dy neebir lik dysel.' on page 115
ass. Du's taen dat muckle apo dysel - an dat muckle is budderin on page 117

2 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
itivver wye, du seems tae fin dysel maist whaar de licht is Slock on page 42

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
du's no du sood be ashamed a dysel. Ah'm kent Davina fae shü wi on page 17
en somebody. Noo du's laandit dysel wi Alec Watt's bastard bairn, on page 22
elt hersel, turnin awa. "Keep dysel ta dysel, dat wis my resoluti on page 29
on, an du might be ashamed a dysel, fur wantin uncan fokk i da h on page 33
at laest du hedd respect fur dysel." on page 46
Also on pages 50, 53, 63
10 matches

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