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The word 'muse'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
museOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.73922
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 74.4 12 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 8
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)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 116.3 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of muse in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
dan wha 'll play his muse? on page 64

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
Tell me, O Muse, o dat clooky man, at waander
1 matches

Aberdeen

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
An John Buchan's Northern Muse" - on page 138

1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Tae Ma Muse
me back, come back, ma errant Muse!
But Muse, ma future's no sae blue
3 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
e'er wis averse, Tae free the Muse's genie! on page 48

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
flicht path on a wee portable Muse o his ain, yaisin the sate-ba
mes?” he mumblet, wavin the Muse aroon.
t a space in the heel for his Muse. He tane it oot an checkit th
he made a hidin place for his Muse, the yae thing that tied him
a while afore Malik heard his Muse an answert. Than they warslet
12 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Muse at rearrangin the hoose on page 5

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
reiver o mages, slave tae the Muse ye ken. Niver tell. Niver, no on page ix

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
elde mir die Nachtgeräusche, Muse, on page 10

2 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
no tae muse on oor ain; yet I canna but b on page 51

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
rtist, mate, 'm no the silent muse, on page 26
THE MUSE on page 77
smeddum cries - you its new muse. on page 78

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The waff is weet yet o ma muse on page 6
Whase sauls lack sang o the muse, on page 10

2 matches

McCabe, Alan Lallans 73 - Unsteek the Door o Ma Hert, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the mirk an cauldness wis ma muse on page 94

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
sentit at the Brothers in the Muse: Burns, Fergusson and the Ver on page 46

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
y and brither in the dramatic muse, gets a luik in anaw, wi ower
1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Tae seek the Muse fur inspiration,
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
a leivin playin their native muse. Braw.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
pale carbohydrates, tuberous muse o nations, on page 77

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
ew frae her Greek brae Thalia muse o comedy circles Kyiv on page 30

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Yarns 3 - Brae / Sheugh / Cannae / Piece, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, poetry
Noo thon tis yer muse.
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Untitled, (twitter 2021) Ulster - Larne, poetry
know what'll happen, the oul muse'll creep up on me amang the l
1 matches

General Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
r’s Tunge'. Hugh Porter 'The Muse Dismissed'(2015)