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The word 'sain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sainOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51511
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 4
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)
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 sain 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

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Samuel dat he wis ta geng an sain wan o Jesse's sons fir da boy on page 23

2 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
clear his een, Wi glib notes sain the simmerÂ’s green. Robert F (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
hen she mindit yon auld fowks sain, 'haes the cat gat yer tung?' on page 1

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
his prayers. “God Almichty, sain me an sauf me frae aa this!â€
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
uld Scots wird, they store an sain,
1 matches

Ayrshire

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
He had the sain o aa the quair fowk
1 matches

General Central

Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
the whilk war sain bi his hagiographer tae hae r on page 6

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
aw, wi haund licht wafted tae sain on page 13
eir guns the bigot tribes tae sain on page 31
Their Irish sain or ban on page 48

3 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the daith yer Son tholed tae sain us, on page 97

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The sain tae aa my pynes belyve she'd on page 43

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
whan sain the sailors haed eatit anithe on page 82

1 matches

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