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The word 'owerheid'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
owerheidOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.61513
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 owerheid in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
eftir cattie-face flachtered owerheid. Most o them had nivver even
twa cattie-faces flauchtered owerheid. In fact, it wis gey near mid
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
, an a rumble a thunder right owerheid, an dan da rain cam doon in t on page 34

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Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
The dark violet sky circlin owerheid. on page 1

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
it fou wi Jap planes breingin owerheid, makkin for Singapore. Aa I h
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Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
mither felt the plane gangin owerheid, an thocht tae hersel: jings,
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West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
While, owerheid, grey bombers bummed on page 129

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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
he drone that's like a bomber owerheid. The drone, ah mean, o Englis
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Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Ower the owerheid wires across the wey on page 110

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General Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
hed, lowpin up intae the room owerheid. 'I've done it again! I've sk on page 51

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
A pair o peesweeps birlt owerheid, an dived at his bunnet wi th on page 17

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the fact o the maiter is that owerheid juist 15,000 o thaim is loggi
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South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ooked up, but eet was aw derk owerheid: in front o hur was anither l on page 10

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South West (Galloway)

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Owerheid on page 59

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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
lukt up, but it wus aal dark owerheid: furnenst hir wus anither lan on page 10

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