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The word 'shedda'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sheddaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.1208
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 2
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 3
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) 441.7 5 1
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) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of shedda in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
The shedda neuk thet's haven, in an bide on page 60

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
urn wi the fricht o't, as the shedda ahint the vyce loomed abune h on page 68
ears at the sicht o this puir shedda o a man souchin awa the last on page 76

2 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
A shedda gaes but nane comes frae the on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
this culture a peelie-wallie shedda o itsel an loss that byordina on page 9

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Lananin wi lyare shedda mind an hair; on page 8
O wordless sang, tho shedda leckerstanes on page 32
A shedda bridegroom wiled awa ma stren on page 42
The shedda neuk that's haven, in an bide on page 45

4 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Her shedda faas, o that I'm sure. on page 30
Ye're a shedda o his majestie! on page 35

3 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
suddent the shedda o twae fock leanin ower ilk i
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
In the shedda'd, shiltry nyuck, on page 2
Quick trimmlin shedda, climmin on page 20
A strippit shedda, a wheekin scad, on page 24
The shedda worls the movin, cowl-eed cam on page 43
Och mine him lake a shedda ga! on page 54

5 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
yins leevin ïn tha lan o tha shedda o deith, on page 4
haim that sïts ïn tha dairk shedda o deith, an roadin iz ïn tha on page 71

2 matches

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