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The word 'sea-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sea-Occurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.555
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
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 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 sea- in Corpus

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Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
waterin, for hid wis a muckle sea-cubbie full o' the grandest co
1 matches

Shetland

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
scattered sea-höved staens. on page 11

2 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
, kinda lossin patience: "ony sea-flech could a telled dee dat." on page 103

1 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
I wis browt here by rees, de sea-vaege made me uncan; made swar on page 24

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
An sea-farers at laanded here on page 107

1 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Slippin aff his sea-buits an his ooie-socks
1 matches

Tait, Christian Da Hegri, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Till some peerie sea-troot
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
an his claise wis drenched in sea-watter an melted snaa. It wis
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
st form intill a line along e sea-shore-" on page 95

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in slices o earth es he gaed; sea-maws scrauchin, wheelin an div on page 89

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
oors alang the quarry's face, sea-myaavs skirled an skreiched fu
he stran an poored a howpie o sea-watter inno a jug, likewise li
lse. At hame they spirkit the sea-watter roon the fire an hung t
in the Strand-lowpers fae the sea-touns aneth the oceans – wi
4 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
han wull A droon i the bricht sea-gust o Yer smile on page 3
sea-monsters on page 75

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
etal daunce. There wir hurtit sea-ferlies aa aroon her, puckles on page 119

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
the picnic bag an stowein twa sea-maws wi the orts o heez
1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
've wrocht that mony pairs o' sea-buit hose fur ma man that Ah s on page 7
. Ah winder hoo mony pairs o' sea-buit hose Ah've made fur him i on page 23

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The sea-maws stoiter i the lift, Blinl on page 29
O the white sea-campion, ti the bluid an yowk on page 43

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - The Warld Nixt Door, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
soom swipper an swith on sea-loch an frith,
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
y wey to the tap o the eildit sea-stair, there to luik a whilie
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Last Sea-Eagle on page 14

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 73 - Wrack, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
simmer cauld. Sea-pyots fillet on page 77

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
irst ye make a line alang the sea-shore-" on page 97

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e aa jyne in a line alang the sea-shore-" on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Cameron, Peter Lallans 82 - Nevermas, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The sea-haar comes in wi the tide: on page 25

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
bid a general chynge intae a sea-maw, an gin the general misobe on page 37
a tragedy, or chynge intae a sea-maw, an gin the general on page 38

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'A ken! It's yin o yon sea-lions, like it Embrae Zoo,' A on page 59
'Naw! Sea-lions dinnae eat fowk! A jalou on page 63

5 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Afore the wind tae ither sea-maws' gabs on page 39

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
a storm there wid be a lot a sea-waur an the pleumen wid be dou on page 54

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
A hunner sea-maws tovin roun - on page 50

2 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
byordnar wather pattrens. The sea-level is said ti be risin an l
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ye can spin.” Then tae the sea-nymphs, she ordered, “Sweem
The goddess nairraed her sea-green een on Arachne, an the l
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
st form intae a line alang th sea-shore-" on page 97

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
t furm intae a line alang the sea-shore - " on page 98

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
a motor, taen a trip tae the sea-side - or even gane tae a danc on page 46

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
ny for she was lanesame lik a sea-maiden on a stane. Ah spleeled
1 matches

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