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The word 'spear'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spearOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.62817
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 18.6 14 6
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 spear in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
(I spear me bit o turkey and I slip hi on page 81

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
compose masel lang enough tae spear, “Far aboot wiz yer father
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
h wis a craw, wi a neb like a spear, an scunnerin table mainners,
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
glittert on his spear heid like on page 25

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
t tore in first. He flung his spear at the lion but the spear jis on page 8

2 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wi a spear through it. on page 1

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
atower the lift, a shinin spear,
Transfixed it wi his spear,
2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
as sharp as any spear on page 74

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
atin cratur wi a special lang spear, richt thru the hairt. This w on page 41

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
thm an he raised an imaginary spear, carefu, for the sake o his i
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
wha's the loon, I'm sweert to spear. on page 7

1 matches

Ayrshire

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ur razor sharp, pointy like a spear. Yin a beasts grabbed yin of
1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
brave the brithers o the spear lord: on page 57
he fawed intae the watter. A spear bit intae Grettir's richt hau on page 58

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
nae grund. He wis stuik wi a spear tae the thraipple bit gied na on page 14

6 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
I'm sweert to spear. on page 31

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Fidgin wi blood-drooth, his spear in his haun. on page 22

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ht shairply intae sicht: thay spear cuid Scotland staun alane eft on page 110

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The elder disnae spear the birch on page 81

1 matches

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