Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sneddin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

sneddin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.7	19	13
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.4	1	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	32	3	1
LAL - General Central	6.6	5	4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)	490.5	3	1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	58.1	1	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)	107.1	3	2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sneddin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae come doon. I vrocht late sneddin the branches an cuttin them i
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
a separate morpheme (ie whan sneddin the endin leaves ye wi anithe
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e tae me? They're gey taen wi sneddin the heids aff puir folk here; on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Followin the sneddin o his faither's heid, they sa on page 51
keppin thaim oot o the craps; sneddin the thistles that grew an spr on page 55

2 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
bow like a beak sneddin the swaws, on page 55

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
o while thi bridie braves thi sneddin blast,
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hauch or gaed alang the road sneddin the heids aff the deid man’
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
n played a stormer reddin up, sneddin branches, daein topiary etc, (2020)
icultural implement/knife for sneddin corn/sugar cane/thrissles etc(2020)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Sneddin turnips on page 5

3 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
ae wee kenspeckle freen," oor sneddin neighbour, saft spoke, "scobi on page 30

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Sneddin tha leevin roots. on page 20
O aathing: sneddin tha richt sticks fae birks an on page 50

2 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
noo. There’s nae thinnin or sneddin o turmits, nae stookin or sta
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ir pale feet, its icy embrace sneddin hir breith as she immersed hi on page 50

1 matches