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The word 'leein'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
leeinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.92917
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 4
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) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 2 1
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 leein 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.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
er, an I aye kent whin du wis leein. Come on noo, what's really b on page 49

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
al...an at's fit she did. The leein limmer, the treacherous, conn on page 59

1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Ye mebbe think I’m leein
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ra, fa baith drappit deid for leein afore the Lord? Fat aboot the on page 91

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
begunkit! Ti lippen til that leein skellum maks me the maist gla on page 48

1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
o ten for sheer brass-necked leein.”
ye caa leein, the intelligentsia, meanin t
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ies, bouncin aff lumps o ice. Leein there on the ice he lookit up on page 38
tae Jim Cairns an he too wis leein deid wi his heid in his aurms on page 42
ols. Weel rumour is a baistie leein in wait fer its opportunity t on page 97
'They're leein,' cried a female vyce fae the on page 98
he river, unaware that he wis leein deid in his ain bluid, haein on page 118

5 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
a Union Jack chip poke at is leein booed doon and deid inno the
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
-spittle curate lackeys o yon leein turncoat Chairles Stuart - f on page 24

1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
trio set aff in tae the wids leein their wife and maither et ham
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
s makkin the hail crack up an leein forby. It wis bemeaning for i on page 59

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
"Yi leein bastarts!' cryit the giant, ' on page 14

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
attention tae Mr Wonka! He's leein tae ye!' on page 122

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'Ye're leein as usual. Stap haiverin and g on page 38
'Ye're leein as usual!' Grannie yowled. 'Y on page 52

4 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
"Dinnae sin yer sowl, ya leein auld bugger." Meg's hetchit f on page 66

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
ae the byre where the pig wis leein on its back. She taen oot a b
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
p but we nevir did, we're aye leein tae ourselves, creatin tales on page 45

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
A ordert;" an awa shae went, leein Alice bae hersel wi the Gryph on page 93

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Leein on page 10
el enugh the heech wie he wuz leein yin inty them, the mair he mi on page 49

2 matches

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