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The word 'jeest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jeestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12398
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 76.6 7 2
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 82.8 18 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 2
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 jeest in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n gars e rain drap on baith e jeest an e oonjeest. Gin ye loo bit on page 13

1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Jeest a cannie mindin fae twa auld on page 97
an tryst thay wad cross ower. Jeest oot the lea o the herbour bie on page 98
a Hielanman fae Invergordon, jeest ower the watter, faar A eest on page 99
"Jeest giein a haund," said Farquhar on page 100

6 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
aid back tae them, “Ye ken, jeest the same’s they’r daein h
1 matches

General Northern

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
s wirk noo. Or if we’re aa jeest happy tae pretend that keyboa
And I think, even jeest for a wee-bit time, mebbe it
Or mebbe I’m hale jeest the wye I am, wi hairt in the
Jeest –
4 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Boswell’s Coort, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
whaur jeest trystit wi raughter,
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
A wis dain' jeest rat, readin' ri Beano fur r'u
resents fur 'ur maw an' a wis jeest browsin'. A seen two wee porc
pped ri bliddy 'hing, an' no' jeest et ri askin' price a' seventy
3 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
A waant tae sit doon bit a jeest cannae settle
t ower the effin’ tap A’m jeest effin’ gled they left oot m
lote tae make ‘ur happy An' jeest wan wee word tae make ‘ur g
e an’ eat it An’ that wis jeest me bein’ nice.
t a wantit doon et the shopes Jeest a botul a‘ bleach an' a cou
15 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
irm's peened unner yon muckle jeest, an it micht bi braken tae. M on page 20
in the burn, wi a muckle brig-jeest peenin doon yin airm. Oo bait on page 23

5 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
on that contraption?” I’d jeest, sat at the telly, knittin so
1 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
gan ti dae outs in the gym or jeest watch the tele as usual #enee(2012)
in e time and a half......eev jeest hed twae weeks off sick!!!!(2012)

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