Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'meinit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

meinit	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	9	30	6
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	17.7	4	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	46.4	18	3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	9.2	7	2
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	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 meinit 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.

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
help stertin backlins. But ae meinit mair an she courit hersel, fe on page 47
n mair like a poreapene ilkie meinit!" on page 71
heeligoleerie gat waar ilkie meinit, an Ailice wes fell gled tae on page 90
s jist gat mair byornar ilkie meinit, file the gryte muckle een ga on page 93

4 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
fter oor tea-brek we aa sat a meinit or twa langer, juist like nor on page 86
n thair wey tae Ullapool this meinit. Wi ony luck they'll get snaw on page 90

4 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ced his heid aff. At the lest meinit, the twa bits o gless pertit on page 26

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
crewdriver." Ian thocht for a meinit. on page 96

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
ctious!' Clugger thocht for a meinit an said, on page 60

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ae haud oot for juist anither meinit - an then anither - an then
tland tae hing on for anither meinit - an then anither meinit -
- an then anither meinit - an then anither.
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
r nae strategy tae haund this meinit , he wad walcome some inpit fr
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
in a meinit . Tho thai pit forrit the Ulst
at this verra meinit an we’r cairriein the kists
haw an cam bak in a meinit wi mair sairrie wittins fur E
distrak the ithers fur a meinit , sen Douglas, onuised ti loks
e yeir an hed enjosed ivverie meinit o’d. Than he speired gin A
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
nor ither years, they're no a meinit ower suin for speirins is com
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
eive a gaitherin o up-tae-the-meinit cuttie stories that's sib tae
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
come out wi a speak, frae ae meinit til the neist, at pat her on on page 15
dna been doun the stair but a meinit an Kate cuid see areddies at on page 24
es. Efter whit seemed onlie a meinit thair faither turnt ti Kate. on page 29
sae it gaed on for a ful five meinit an mair, in an out, in an out on page 30
ce, an tho it wis thare but a meinit, she kent he haed unnerstuid. on page 32

5 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
My curse upon the meinit, day an hour, on page 44

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
i his style o drivin, for the meinit he
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
In a meinit the sun wul ryse in the East
1 matches