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The word 'grind'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
grindOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82614
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 93 16 5
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 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of grind in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
'Plenty tae grind an tae saa.' on page 72

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Set open da grind. on page 31
usna come in ta da crö be da grind is dere ta tak whit dusna bel on page 139

4 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hat, ah'll get a man ta mak a grind i da back fence, an dan du ca on page 31
as lang as you let me mak dat grind fur you. Oh, an you better pi on page 32
dem back, ah'll just oppen da grind, an caa dem in ta da park.' on page 74

3 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
tE: Is du lockit da hame park grind? ; on page 106
grind = 'gate' in StE: Oppen da gri on page 107

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
'White! His granny's at da grind, on page 68

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Soondscapes, (Shetland For Wirds 2015) Shetland, poetry
troo da grind is a spaekin in tongues
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
Da Grind o da Navir is a spectacular p
Navir is a spectacular place. Grind is gate, but whit's da Navir?
Spaekin o grind, dirs lots o grinds aa ower.
er da Hoswick hill tae open a grind (somewhaur near da Eigg brig)

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The daily grind o life so taxin, on page 89

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d tae their place ay work tae grind oot another thirty nine hours
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The cogs then stert tae grind and poond, on page 91

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Dreel your coulter, grind your stane, on page 78

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ttie o beef alloued tae us an grind it doun in the cast iron minc
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
un you a coffee fae Grain and Grind ????(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Grind oot. on page 42

1 matches

General Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
“Wha'll grind the wheat?” The pig sed,
a'll thresh the wheat? Wha'll grind the wheat? Wha’'ll mak the
2 matches

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