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The word 'linn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
linnOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12713
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 2
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 linn in Corpus

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Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
lived in the peedie hoose o' Linn, wir a pair o' island wirthie
e Guidman and the Guidmife o' Linn, an, wae mair o' them tae com
2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ll finally he hedd ta stop an linn him against a strainer. on page 60

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
at swung doon her back like a linn o silk. Syne the scent that y
on nearhaun tae the Aiberdeen linn, a frien o the ainer o Aiberd
hanage nearhaun the Aiberdeen linn, an it wis arranged that Miss
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
is dreepin doon watter like a linn. The dreeps made a lang trail
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e Major o fit happened at the Linn of Clatterty." on page 16
hat'll fling hissel intae the Linn o Clatterty fan the river's i on page 18

3 matches

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
By yon linn an spital he had aften walked on page 138

1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
the ‘Gray Mear’s Tail’ linn. It maun hae taen a guid oor
n a hauf tae win doon tae the linn, an oo war gled tae lowp oot
heid o watter rinnin fae the linn sae oo jaloused the grund wad
wun ower tae the bottom o the linn. Crossin ower the watter whil
reck an the stey vailey o the linn was jist a scaur o clinkers w
8 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - Droozie Driftin, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
fleetin ower the linn. on page 92

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
drame he hard the soun o the linn gradwal-lik dwyne awaw as tha
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
s aroon the village, like the linn whaur twa bairnies were droon
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
The roarin spate in dowie linn grows caum; on page 216

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The roarin spate in dowie linn grows caum; on page 149

1 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
tep, raindraps twinklin oan a linn. on page 9

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
The boatie drapped ower a linn intae a canal and sank wi the on page 77

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
yin hame frae the wash in the linn
1 matches

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