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The word 'spreit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spreitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.7198
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 9.8 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 15.8 12 3
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 spreit in Corpus

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General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
the amputatit an tasht in spreit Orthodox nuns quate as slaes on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Pete, Fortune Lallans 102 - Trotsky's Treatment, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
va ti blaud ma revolutionarie spreit. A hae ne'er socht, nor ettil on page 91

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
‘or when a spreit's gutterin to servility
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
al, sae thai enterit inti the spreit o the ploy an alloued the man
yfe wes skeilled i the erts o spreit schawin,
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
k an hameart wie houss wi its spreit o heivenlie miscontentment an
1 matches

Ayrshire

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
his is the stevin o the Gryte Spreit. on page 87

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
eath his irn buit - brak oor spreit, an tak the laun's wealth int on page 9
tuik aifter the auld boar in spreit, and forbye thir wis nae mair on page 14

5 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
My spreit's no dowie, lass, for aa your on page 45

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
a haep better gin some bauld spreit in the theatre wad tak the ki on page 109

1 matches

McCabe, Alan Lallans 73 - Unsteek the Door o Ma Hert, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Tae hae a spreit that lowps abune on page 94

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
a moniement tae the creative spreit at's in us aa, an kythes mais on page 129

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
The pilgrim spreit her splendour wins tae see.
O thon bauld spreit that saw your lady bricht:
that he coud mak out hou his spreit spak o Beatrice (deid langsyn
3 matches

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