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The word 'priest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
priestOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.54420
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 65.6 6 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 18.6 14 7
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 priest in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
crick-neck, priest-baeten dwams. on page 15

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
irried da dochter o Jethro da priest. on page 15
e o da Göd Man. Eli, da owld priest - wha wis lossin his sicht, on page 21
As it happened a priest, a holy man, cam alang dat sa on page 115
reends. So he gied ta da High Priest an aksed fir a letter ta gie on page 159

4 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e keeng o Judea, there wis a priest ca'ed Zechariah, o the order on page 79
bit tae gyang straicht till e priest, an mak e offerin set doon bi on page 87
or deid. Noo it happent att a priest wis gyan doon e same road, an on page 98
An een o them strack e Heich Priest's loon an chappit aff his ric on page 117
awa an teuk him till e Heich Priest's hoose. An Steenie folla'd, on page 118

5 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
er McMurtrie wis a richt fine priest, a hail- fellah-weel-met kind on page 107
at honesty pays - " began the priest, bit Dod didna lat him feenis on page 108
"Or ... or ..." wint on the priest, haudin up a finger, "or ... on page 109

6 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
s Father Mummy, ane-time high priest tae the pharaohs. Ee wiz mumm on page 40

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
side, an Latin spukken bi the priest
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
ae saicrecy. It's a bit lik a priest takkin confession or a doacte on page 59

1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ells the tale o a aince halie priest wha faws unner the spell o th on page 139
ctim is!). Whan veisitit bi a priest juist afore his wagaun, he ca on page 142

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
warld - there lived an auld priest cried Donald. Accompanied by on page 80

1 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
tae early February 1961. Oor priest, Father McPherson, said that, on page 136

1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
en she reaches the altar. The priest raises his haun tae bless hur on page 7

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
. It's aw quiet apart fae the priest droning oan a power ae shite on page 76

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
– it's a bit like callin a priest 'faither'.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e troosers, a too-tight Judas Priest muscle t-shirt, showin aff a
1 matches

Ayrshire

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
A poem, unlike the braith o a priest,
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
lie sort o man, a king turnit priest, wha likit tae pray aa nicht on page 14

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
h'd the voice o an angel. The priest thocht ah wis so guid at sing on page 75
in Thistlegate in 1922,' the priest said, beginnin the eulogy. on page 115

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
A priest wi eggs, afore I gaed tae han on page 7

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
e the chapel this time an the priest says, 'There is a fillim in t on page 45
make thir confession tae the priest. Bit here, whin it cims tae D on page 46

3 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
'Ye'll hae had the priest in onywey, Ma Bontemps?'
The priest cam oot strechtawa in his hal
oatie, wis gaun gey fast; the priest,
d wis gien communion; and the priest
4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ury, nae less a body nor auld priest turnt reformer John Knox haed
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
examples are bag o’ yeast (priest); china (mate) reduced fae ch
1 matches

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