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The word 'glee'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gleeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33125
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 102.5 2 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of glee in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
he middeen, cheust cacklan wi glee. on page 16
saa hid. Me hert leapt up wi glee. on page 73

2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
da burns dance wi lipperin glee on page 37
at da coarn i da rigs sway wi glee; on page 42

2 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
caved in. He gaffed wi manic glee as he saa whit da ice contain
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
uo Minnie, her een dauncin wi glee.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
lappit her hauns thegither in glee. “I fed them the day. An Iâ
ed his brithers an sisters in glee.
2 matches

Aberdeen

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
re jist besides themselves wi glee flashin oot dosh tae yon lobb (2021) twitter link

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ackle wis rubbin his hands wi glee, he kent be fit wis bein said
1 matches

(South) East Central

Gilmour, Rosie Fareweel tae Wallyford, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
May aw yer days fill ye wi glee
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Cleek airms an skite wi glee -
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Rob Roy wid beam wi utter glee, At thon pair's fly 'sneck-dr on page 211

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
my, while the ither twa rowed glee-
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
yer hair doun wis aye taen wi glee. Nouadays we hae gala days an on page 30

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
a, were, at first, fu’ o’ glee aboot Colin Roy’s fate. As
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
in fae faur aff an hoochin wi glee as they haused the fowk that
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
so does Dolly but hers is in glee an happiness rather than shoc on page 28

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
eisure in their wee Keckles o glee; mindin aye her ain bairnhood on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
breid, wyne an wax, gamyn an glee. Oor gowd wis chyngit intae l on page 9
Bit Loki wis dauncin wi vile glee. Noo he hid sown bickerin str on page 14

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Moupin gleg, wha glee on putrefaction; on page 35

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
Gie's it! NOO!" she crawed wi glee. on page 35

1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Watched you grow wae glee
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
d Nick, his witches dance wi' glee on page 39

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Wi glee,
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An fae tha crib wi cap'rin glee on page 31

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Ach Billie Rab!" quo Frank wi glee, 'whar hae ye bin, oul freen? on page 4

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha trigger-pu'in finger's glee, on page 55

1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
aid an egg she would cluck wi glee,the noise o a happy burd
1 matches

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