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The word 'leen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
leenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41811
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 leen in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
e in a hoosie in Huntly their leen on page 15

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
great platform, So's ye could leen ower an see thi bottam an aa on page 1

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d've teen ye awa." Ah sigh an leen back against the park bench, on page 44

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
d spoken, Jesus wis aa bi his leen. E disciples kept quait aboot on page 96

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
e is saft, nae fashed. Aa yer leen? Far’s yer brither? He’s
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
r than gyang wannerin aff his leen. He cockit his heid tae ae si on page 30

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
as: an aifter a fyow month ma leen, did a young strippit caat wi on page 27

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
‘Nae yir leen,’ says he.
d tae waak awa an lea her her leen. It was fae aat time, she beg
2 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
aboot e hoose eence mair yer leen. on page 84

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
me preenin it on again, aa my leen!" on page 69
e dae ye sit out here aa your leen?" said Ajilice, fa wesna ettl on page 78

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Yer faither winna be lang his leen. His cousin ower the road's n on page 51

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
ull be transmugrified intil a leen o freedom an justis.
1 matches

General Central

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Ceilidh, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
aa its leen on page 115

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ies mair thin a mile high tae leen the coort." on page 118

1 matches

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