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The word 'thy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus31.910420
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 27.9 11 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 181.5 29 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 262.1 20 1
LAL - General Central 19.9 15 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 164.2 5 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of thy in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread on page 20
Ken thee thy earth. Grund's on page 23

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in
sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou sh
alt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husban
desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule ov
'I am the Lord God o Abraham, thy Faither an the God o Isaac. I
15 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
us beastie, whit a panic's in thy breistie" an Michael Servetus on page 57

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
o gadzooks, verily, methinks, thy, thou, thine, mine, art, unto
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
v accumplished something in Thy Name the day, in spite o my a
Faither, leuk doun mercifu on Thy donnert bairn that kens naeth
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
"For Thy mercy's sake - for the sake
rcy's sake - for the sake of Thy poor sinfu servants that are
oes o licking a dish; but put Thy hook in his nose, and Thy bri
hook in his nose, and Thy bridle in his gab, and gar hi
frae amang us the night. Keep Thy arm o power about him, an O,
6 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
... thy people shall be my people and
people shall be my people and thy God my God.
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t the Heidie's office maist o thy weans were ootside in the pla on page 84

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
God let Wigtoune flourish by thy word.' on page 86

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
session); the bead (objeck in thy lang-term possession) is unne
again, sonny boy. Gamblin, at thy age?”
ittie short on expletives. “Thy grannie haes verra pur judgem
!” he wad say, “There’s thy pal, Bill - ane o thaim is g
Hae they warnt thee tae keep thy heid doon?” he askit.
29 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
s: Tf thourt a slave, indulge thy sneer. Robert Burns - The So on page 22
y thegither, John an me, that thy strength shall enter into thi on page 29
'Then thenks be tae God for thy deliverance!' cried John Brou on page 31
rciful Lord, first grant unto thy servant Isabel Weir, the bles on page 43
'O Lord, Tak tae Thy bosom these Thy chosen servan on page 54

20 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
'Give me Thy strength for my day, Lord, co on page 9

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
t, saelike 'thou', 'thee' an 'thy' in Soothron. Thair uiss lipp on page 28

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi ma wee waes Thy muckle pouers on page 60
Gin thon's Thy wey tae punish aa on page 61
If 'Thy creative skeel can stow on page 62

7 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
, here's the cement. If it be Thy will, please set it!" And he on page 11

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
s baistie, o whit o panics in thy breestie," A screed aff fae m on page 79

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Gin thu can awn thy faither, A'l depone on page 87

2 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
here’s the cement. If it be Thy will, please set it! An he ay(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Thy bield... wad be my bosom... on page 22

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Pain an misery in thy stack, on page 21
"Guid LORD shine thy licht fur me, on page 22

2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Sure A wus cast upon thy care, Richt frae tha wame tae on page 64
ody o tha kirk A wull declare thy name. on page 65
honour tae tha Loard. Ayewyes thy hairt wull leeve! on page 66
For thou art wi me an thy cruik An staff, gie comfort s on page 68

5 matches

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