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The word 'screed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
screedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.83921
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 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 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23.2 9 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 174.4 3 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of screed in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
, hytert ower the pairt o her screed that wis wrote in Scots?
ost o the Culture Secretary's screed wis wrote in this aesy tong.
heu ran intae the Scots o hir screed's final lines – wirds at ju
the wirds o the policie lench screed wir uncan onywey: thay mostli
4 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n twa kye an dir calves, an a screed a hens aboot da doors. on page 62

1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
. The preachin fae the poopit screed on an on, an wis follaed bi a on page 100

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
Ah didna need ti dee the hale screed; he wis that impressed bi the on page 59

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Winna form a weill-composit screed, on page 9

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Fairnie taen exception tae a screed screivit bi John Corbett o th
Bob, makin the pynt that his screed shuid be seen in the licht o
s 'Heich Ploy' - a glossy PR screed then fowk cry it doun an it c
3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
n. Fair eneuch, but the haill screed wis athoot ony mention o the
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ither.” The boay luftit the screed, strauchent it oot an haundit
Davie pokered the screed faur intae the hert o the ble
k?” Teenie Finlay shuck the screed afore Annie’s neb. “Whaur
he exposeetion thit the furst screed wis a mistak an shuid hae rae
4 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Scots wirds – a screed!
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
ng it is that eats up sang an screed, on page 13

1 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
ane screed on page 16

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ma, an rote bein a word for a screed o swaws. Hooanever, this is t on page 12

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
onythin, Pooh made a wee bit screed aboot it, sae that awbody wid on page 119
say, afore I feenish, I hae a screed o Poetry tae read tae yese. H on page 154

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'I'm no wantin tae mak a lang screed. I jist want tae say wan thin on page 77

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
his life's screed is intil the air on page 68

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
o panics in thy breestie," A screed aff fae memory. A cuidnae sto on page 79

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
o the 19t century, the war a screed o regular reports anent orra
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
tland in 1897 and set furth a screed o airticles wrutten in North
5 October 2012. It sets oot a screed o rules for the lawfae owersi
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
This new warl can gae screed on page 47

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
a saw-like squaiking fae the screed in its thrapple. on page 59

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
buckin screed on page 30
Sic a screed o waeful haverin, Heids a bir on page 59

3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
O a screed o blethers in a hauf-deid lei on page 27

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tae read. The' gien hïm tha screed o tha proafit Isaiah, an whan on page 76

2 matches

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