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The word '-tree'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
-treeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.311
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
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)
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 -tree 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.

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
An hoosed a twa-tree strickies teu, tae keep them on page 77

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
fig-tree cables clamber fur a glim, on page 10

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
A muckle rose-tree stöd near da ootside grinnd on page 78
ht." An dan, turnin ta da rose-tree, shö guid on, "Whit ir you b on page 82

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
A beeg rose-tree stood near e entrance o e gar on page 74
oucht till hev been a red rose-tree, an we pit a white wan in by on page 75
ers who were lyan roond e rose-tree; for, ee see, as they were ly on page 76
." An then, turnan till e rose-tree, she went on, "What hev ee be on page 78

4 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ss parable: "A chiel hid a fig-tree plantit in his yard. He gaed on page 104
them a parable, "Leuk at e fig-tree, or ony ither tree for att me on page 115

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
d doon thegither aneth the fir-tree wid that wis their
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
er oors; an wis fun tip a lime-tree, faar he'd been chasin birds. on page 27

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
wi a border o gowans, an a fir-tree growein in the mids o't. on page 25

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
he bluid weeked doon the daith-tree,
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ingin, Kirsty an Chrissie up-a-tree-ee. on page 73

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Like an aipple-tree amang the trees o the wids on page 3
Aneath the aiple-tree I rowsted ye, on page 17

2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
A big rose-tree stood nex tae the gairden ent on page 76
re wis meant tae be a rid rose-tree, an we've pit in a white yin on page 77
ers who wir lyin roon the rose-tree; they wir lyin oan on page 78
" An then, turnin tae the rose-tree, she went oan, "Whit's the st on page 80

4 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
(A muckle rose-tree stuid anent the yett intae th on page 44

4 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d the fear o daith an the dule-tree tae haud doun their tenants a on page 61

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
for Totue at the tap o an aik-tree or in the petal o a yella gow on page 35
e it can growe up intae an aik-tree, and hae hunners o haycorns j on page 54
Aboot a wee bit fir-tree. on page 86
inch tae brainch o a young aik-tree? Wrang. Waitin.on somebody ta on page 90

4 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ne a few slates short o a roof-tree. on page 53

1 matches

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
a muckle tail-tree back an fowre. on page 135

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
A big rose-tree stud nearhaun the entrance o on page 77
is here shud hae bin a rd rose-tree, an wae putt a white yin in b on page 78
ers wha wur lyin roon the rose-tree; fur yae see, on page 79
." An thin turnin tae the rose-tree, shae went on, "What hae yae on page 81

4 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The epple-tree on page 13

1 matches

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