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The word 'zeus'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
zeusOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.8165
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
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 458.7 10 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 65.6 1 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)

Occurrences of zeus in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
Start somewye, goddess, Zeus's dochter, an tell wis da sto
Mirdit tagidder in Zeus's Olympian haa.
Sae sed shui; an clood-hentin Zeus gae answer:
3 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Zeus, high heid yin o the gods and on page 1
Zeus fund Hercules the brawest tea on page 2
hingin in shame, he went tae Zeus, chief o aw the gods, and Zeu on page 3
Then Zeus turned his face awa and Hercu on page 4
ese trauchles or his faither, Zeus, wid go pure daft. Sae the ne on page 26
Also on pages 43, 56
10 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
kilt at the end. She thocht o Zeus, disguised as a swan an abduc
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
o gods an goddesses sittin at Zeus’s feet, aw claithed in goon
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
hoose, Or up Olympus nearhan Zeus, Or Oder floodin, It's Pamplo on page 59

1 matches

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