A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ruled'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ruledOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22417
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
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 ruled in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
shü wis a faersome leddy, an ruled da roost, baith ootside an in on page 4

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"You tell im, quine! He's ruled the roost fir ower lang. Myn on page 21
rayed ower the muckle beuk at ruled is life, twistin the wirds te on page 65

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ae their kinrick o Aquas they ruled ilka lochan an burn an stank
inno bird-king. Birds wad hae ruled ower humans frae early times,
2 matches

Harper, Edith Legacy, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
The daily darg wis ruled by paper pattrens,
1 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
il decided' or 'the Committee ruled'. Pit yer name far yer moo is on page 8

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ully wis pittin it mildly. He ruled the estate wi
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ors, fermers an airtists that ruled ower maist o Scotland throu t
ain Derk Age past. The Pechts ruled ower much o whit is nou Scotl
2 matches

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
arjoribanks wha’d lang syne ruled bairns’ clesses
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
fer times past whan Britannia ruled the waves. It wis a lang time on page 11
Culross, heard yon appeal an ruled that the Wanchancy Covenant h on page 43
hou aince the British Empire ruled the warld, an ane o the pynts on page 78

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
At this time Scotland wis aye ruled by ae single man appointit by on page 121

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
eighteen, respectively. They ruled the roost, but they're aff. T on page 25

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wis young and comets ruled the sky and muins arose anew. on page 13

1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ruled bi them, his freends, his mur on page 22

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
enable culture, hoo lang they ruled ower ae single kinrick, and w
1 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
t a places whaur a country is ruled ower by oppresors, they do a
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ans, whaur King Croesus aince ruled wi his muckle gowd that some
cess. Ma faither, King Minos, ruled the haill island, an a wheen
2 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
€¦ the Scottish Privy Cooncil ruled on behalf o Charles 11, a kin

@RickHJohnston tweeted
get too. No nation should be ruled by another. The EU is a true (2022) twitter link

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