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The word 'serpent'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
serpentOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.16011
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 316.5 9 1
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 25.8 10 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 55.3 11 2
AYR - Ayrshire 85.4 8 1
LAL - General Central 26.3 20 6
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 serpent in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
asily in any direction, lek a serpent. on page 50
a neck as at! No, no! Ye're a serpent; an air's no use denyan id. A on page 51

9 matches

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Aa birrless but the serpent's hiss. on page 91

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
a serpent, wi an oily tongue
"Och!" said the serpent, "dinnae fear,
Serpent: Noo here's a tale, A'll tell
Serpent: Aye, Eve, that's richt! This
Serpent: Aye, guid fur you, lass! Tel
9 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
he Prince o Mirk, the Feechie Serpent, the Birstlin Dragon wi aw th on page 103
at playtime ye snaiked like a serpent intae the kitchen and thieved on page 114

2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
boot in ony direction, like a serpent's. on page 51
"Serpent!" screamt the Doo. on page 52
k like that! Aw, naw! Ye're a serpent; an thir's nae use denyin it. on page 53

9 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Ship o Fools new built wi yon serpent Rerek pentit on it, on page 35
And the serpent a salesman if iver their wis on page 155

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Serpent! skreicht the Cushie Doo. on page 44

8 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Guid evenin, said the serpent. on page 59
'It is bonnie,' the serpent said. "Whit has brocht ye her on page 60
I can solve them aw, said the serpent. on page 62
t the stushie I made gart the serpent shauchle doucely awa ower the on page 83
bad dream, chis maitter o the serpent, an the trystin-place, an the on page 86
Also on pages 88
12 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Aa birrless but the serpent's hiss. on page 91

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
cklace © gowd, twistin lik a serpent wi souple bands an shinin sca on page 14

2 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
k ye? It wis auld Creepy, the serpent, that opened ma een tae the s on page 89

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Aa birrless but the serpent's hiss. on page 54

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
k ye? It wis auld Creepy, the serpent, that opened ma een tae the s on page 89

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
symbolically, haein a Pictish serpent tattooed oan her airm. 'It's on page 90

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
at http://theshadowlands.net/serpent.htm fowk that likes tae refle
1 matches

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