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The word 'grim'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
grimOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.45133
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 5
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 17.1 13 9
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 131.2 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of grim in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
i siccan a stout hert, siccan grim determination on page 10

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Eynar writan his wirds leuks grim. "Bar", hid raeds. "Going Con on page 149

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Davie's folk spend twa grim days waitan fur more word. Ne on page 38

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Me walking boots are grim, on page 102

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
bell, grim-faced until he greets uis, on page 18

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
eyn o the day, it maun bi gey grim te bi oan yer ain," said Glad on page 75

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e-tinged; moos set in a thin, grim line. Ah look aroon it the hi on page 78
hin te dee' an 'wytin fir the grim reaper te appear'. on page 86

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
icht be Jerries.They were gye grim faced and oot o breath. They
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
wheelhoose the skipper looked grim. 'It's nae the marshallin yai on page 41

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
mairches awa, leukin gurly an grim on page 35

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Ma faither caa'd the War the Grim Reaper's Lang Hairst, cos it on page 19

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
grim death. Jonsar Eck thocht ere
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ned this efterneen and it was grim stuff on the return o fitba. (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
a community hingin on fir the grim deith. The Cabrach is maistly
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ght has just begun, While the grim boatmen row. on page 6

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ESSIE: Aye, it dis look a bit grim. Och it's ower hot yet. We'd on page 64

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Grim emissary o some auncient god, on page 27
Till Auchinleck grew grim an dour, This hud tae stoap! on page 29
Neds, their faces grim an ashen, Wept in despair! on page 30
Grim-faced left thair bosses meeti on page 47
It's ae thocht in this grim tableaux is daith. on page 49

5 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Grim Reaper
A seen the Grim Reaper is a wis comin’ doon
2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Sangs o’ battles, grim an’ gory,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
al illness. He wis the fuckin grim reaper himsel when he muttere
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
de Huey's Caravan is joost as grim as the ootside. The hing's to on page 21

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rey sandstane tenement’s as grim lookin as it sounds wae green
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™ Pearcey shakes his heid in grim acceptance ay the statement a
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
eement, but cuidnae luik ower grim himsel afore this fine bit la on page 26
their fevered sleep. Then ae grim October, the puir folk o Muir on page 74
teel. Aa roun aboot, he heard grim tales o auld folk fand deid i on page 81

3 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
t, an tried tae leuk ready an grim, no trustin ma voice tae soon on page 55
n an bricht things, an no the grim shairds o the deid, that I wa on page 60

2 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ae fables, they make me feel grim, on page 33

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
tho thay cuid be cauldrife an grim places. Mony faimlies cuid pi on page 40

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
owed their brekfast, a daud o grim, gray parritch Coont Olaf lef on page 31

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
professionally grim on page 23

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi kenmarks o grim homage, man-wrocht threid on page 37

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - I am the Lass, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
pits aff her winter grim an grime
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
an he cawed it ‘the goblin grim.’ Daes this no pit us in mi
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
orningside), this wis anither grim, grim election for the reid t
, grim election for the reid team. W
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
siclike films set i the dour, grim Communist past. An it wis gae
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
folk aboot history hus tae be grim?

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
he traivelt grim cloakit on page 33
shaidaes frae ower the grim firth on page 36

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
sed thing's a muckle sow," He grim confides; on page 23
grim banger verse frae Bible kist on page 25

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An grim ghaists, an coorse wraiths, a on page 9
An heerd tha nicht's grim soonds: on page 21

2 matches

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