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The word 'kenning'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kenningOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1105
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 3
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 kenning in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
zin cauld an dirty broon, sae kenning best whaur tae cross ower the
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rother - its jist a matter o kenning where tae go - nudge nudge w (2020) twitter link

West Central

@MizLiot tweeted
olls frae the shops or him no kenning whit they are or whaur tae lo (2021) twitter link

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
in a heich-heidit vice athoot kenning whit thay micht dae. on page 63

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
taen a sup. Bit noo Ah hid a kenning it micht be mead. Nae wunner on page 14

1 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
Forsameikle as kenning for the inherent dignity and
importance for the ful kenning o this hecht,
their universal and effective kenning and tenting, baith amang the
ody hes the richt awgaits tae kenning as a person afore the law.
e ae purpose o makand the due kenning and respect for the richts an
5 matches

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