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The word 'seemit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
seemitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6205
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 169.9 16 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 seemit in Corpus

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General Northern

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
It seemit ma hale wurld wis cleavit.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ere were times whan the Vigil seemit aboot tae be swampit bi richt on page 108

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
a rare time o it. Then it aw seemit tae hae gone blank, an the ne on page 31
Tae Tam it seemit gin he'd jist gotten aff tae on page 49
It seemit forever they warkit on, grabb on page 52
r somethin a bittie bigger it seemit like Davie was aye successful on page 84
fower an five. Only Davie it seemit wis warkin on his ane. Things on page 85
Also on pages 89, 92, 96, 97, 101, 104, 109, 110
15 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
whan the soond or the concept seemit tae caa fur them. We dae nou on page viii

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
time an the new 'Inglis' wurd seemit sib ti naethin in parteikular on page 22

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ts sign? Sae ance again, whit seemit a chap at an open door is jui on page 121

1 matches

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