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The word 'hermit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hermitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.5186
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 106.2 10 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hermit in Corpus

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General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I've bin livin like a hermit on page 100

2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
Jake’s whit ye’d cry a hermit. Tae get tae his, I hud tae d
s. Jake doesnae want tae be a hermit. He’s been made ane by the
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The stoic auld hermit facing life's ills, on page 15

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
indy sentiments has found its hermit-crab hame in Scots. 'Wheesht
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
advertisment fer a hermit! Somebody tae volunteer tae l on page 86
s forbidden tae speak tae the Hermit. Sull Davie wis adamant. 'Ach on page 87
he gamies cuid still hear the Hermit singin tae himsel. The compan on page 88
ck tae tell the toun that the Hermit o Kinpurney seemit tae be sou on page 89

10 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The stoic auld hermit facin life’s ills,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
he wee man hud been actin the hermit, ee'd been savin up fur ma bu
1 matches

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