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The word 'needan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
needanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3147
ORK - Orkney 139.1 14 7
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
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 needan 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.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
thir needan a rest bit they'll prance til on page 27

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
A'm needan a spell on page 31

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
he byre. "Jeust the place wur needan," Jeemie stated, "wae'll tak on page 15

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
There's white lines needan pentid and, fur them that's g on page 65

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
at me art. Am needan ideas fae haem." on page 10
n, an the shippeen, an aa wir needan tae bide. Wir wirkan while we on page 70
tten somtheen thir waantan or needan tae say cheust noo tae Brenna on page 86
fock cam in I doot thay'll be needan fock at kens botts?" Noor see on page 116

4 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Lantren needan sorted on page 23
A'm needan a spell on page 157

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ahm needan a saet, bern. on page 70
Thir needan a rest bit they'll prance til on page 152

2 matches

Hall, Anja Poosack, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Pussy's needan oot again
1 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
@tattooedselkie Ah’m cheust needan tae mind on no tae buy books (2021) twitter link

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