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The word 'severe'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
severeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81612
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 severe in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
plaster? Yes, that's a quite severe disaster. You really should h on page 75

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ds arm and hand and right leg severe 23/3/18. Any further informat on page 38

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e voice belanged tae the most severe looking person she'd ever set
The severe woman wiz obviously the Mrs G
tion but it was clean and nae severe black-eyed hag wiz gan tae sa
Mistress Gordon hid her severe face on as she knocked at the
4 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Bit wither forecast is a severe warnin,
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
mellotalk @Festool_GB Getting severe Festool envy.(2019)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
t infrastructur inequality is severe an growin warse ilka year. Gi
1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
inds with some gusts touching severe gale-force'. Morton tellt me on page 78

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ks.” The teacher gies him a severe look, o course, and he realis
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
uv tae c psg gee man city the severe malky the nicht - go oan dae (2021) twitter link

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
hit ma maw referred tae as "a severe episode wi ma nerves". The do on page 102

1 matches

General Central

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
announce that some lad has a severe nut allergy so don't eat nuts (2018) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ttlin tae cope wi thir wean's severe disabilities. Fae birth, Char on page 87

1 matches

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