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The word 'keing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
keingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus48.21576
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 279.3 63 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 3
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 125.2 20 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 733.9 56 1
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 2
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)
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 keing 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.

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Here the Reid Keing an the Reid Queen," Ailice sa on page 16
rowtit out, breengin past the Keing sae ramsh-like at she cowpit on page 17
"Fitna volcano?" said the Keing, gomin eerie-like intil the f on page 18
forgettin aa an haill at the Keing cwidna hear her. "Ye're garri on page 19
e sat tentilie gomin the Fite Keing (for she wes stull a bittie t on page 20
Also on pages 57, 58, 66, 77, 78, 81, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100
63 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Pystle Frae Aberbrothock, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The Keing o the Inglis haed slauchtered on page 55

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
cht! Nou A'l can leive lyke a keing aw wunter lang, an it's no aw on page 48

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
, thai bou the craig til onie keing thai think wul halp
syne eftir the sin o a Pecht keing at hed fyve laddies
yie ben this machine ti pey a keing’s ransome. Ye didna pochil
Beig Jim Young is the keing o the tinklarians. Ye ken at
4 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
in himsel an a gryte Scottish keing whan it cums ti giein advice on page 5

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
ey-bauk), Lorimer's text is a keing ti Purves's. Lorimer, he argi on page 116

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
t, gains thair launs frae the keing. Adam later dees a maircenari on page 138
-in-disguise, fechtin for the keing. Gin this tale wants the skin on page 140

2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
aefauld an fekfu, the tung o keing an kintra. on page 12
ukit out bi smaikrie, fur the keing an than the perlament wes whe on page 25

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ss lauchit mirrie-lik. " 'The Keing o Spanyie's dochter'," shae q on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
l the cheif telt thaim at the Keing o the Norlins Pechts wes expe on page 42
Bot ye didna speik afoir the Keing hed spak sae thai hauddit tha on page 43
ain taes. Shae priggit at the Keing o the Norlin Pechts ti cum by on page 45
maisson wes weill kent ti the Keing as a leill Pecht o the auld s on page 46
awaw sae at nane wuid sei the Keing o the Norlin Pechts wes murni on page 47

17 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
At that time thare was a keing ower the laund at fair likit on page 42

56 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Tae ding the ships o Englan's Keing, on page 50

5 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
O hie-keing's gowd as gied him thaim the on page 87

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Or nou, the Keing o Hell wad hae me thare. on page 44

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
Tae guid Keing Carlo o Provence will roun,
1 matches

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