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The word 'martyrs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
martyrsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4136
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 65.5 5 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
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 martyrs in Corpus

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
on as the Scottish Political Martyrs, were transportit tae Botany on page 58
monument tae the transportit Martyrs which towers ower the cemeter on page 60

3 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
ion-plumped, had glowered oan martyrs' banes on page 112

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n, in companie wi fower ither martyrs tae the Covenant. on page 47
wad allou, tae haud the nine martyrs. Dresse in their windin sheet on page 54
h o New Cumnock, anither five martyrs were shot by James Douglas an on page 62

5 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
biddins tae Oor Leddie o the Martyrs. on page 14

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
n talked aboot as the Wigtoun Martyrs. Thur’s a memorial tae Marg

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
MARTYRS on page 10

2 matches

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