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The word 'fess'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fessOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.8366
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 75.2 23 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 fess in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
mish - at the postie's knock Fess ben the mail - the usual tro on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
im tull a nice faimly fa cud fess im up richt an gie im a bette on page 67

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
irnie, an fin ye've faun him, fess wird back tae ma sae I can gy on page 8
m i the hale o Syria, an they fess aa kine o nae weel fowk tae h on page 10
l o e Haily Speerit. An he'll fess mony Israelites back tae e Lo on page 79
till them, "Dinna be feert, A fess Gweed News till ye an tae aa on page 82
a cooch. They socht a wye tae fess him in an set him doon afore on page 87
Also on pages 93, 96, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 111, 112, 113
20 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
t, poot, poot" was aneugh tae fess them bickerin fae ilka neuk o on page 55

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Fess me a kerr,” shae demandit.
A’m a Canadiane ceitezan. Fess yeir offisher therekklie.”
lowse the lads an fess Mirren ben the waird at wes b
brakwast i the keichen, fess yeir pokes wi ye.”
walcum an wul sen a tryne ti fess ye.”
7 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
cheil at trinnilt the barra, "fess up alang-syde an heize up ma on page 4
es shuir ti think bettir o't, fess me ma fowre pennie bit, an re on page 5

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
wie, than ane daunnert aff ti fess Adomnan. on page 44

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
hon idaia alane wes eneuch ti fess a quate smyll til hir faiss. on page 2

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
shaa us yer fess, on page 66

1 matches

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