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The word 'shield'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shieldOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42818
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 2
LAL - General Central 18.4 14 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of shield in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
West, to buffer the worst and shield the on page 61

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
cardigan roon aboot er like a shield an gaed spangin ben the haall on page 60

1 matches

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
alator and use him as a human shield. The poor guy goat absolutely
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
alator and use him as a human shield. The poor guy goat totally sh
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
kiverin wi breuken shield his kist's remains, on page 37

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ae the wee mirror oan the sun-shield, an Iona stirs in the back, t on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Openin the curtain wide, ah shield ma eyes fae the daylight an s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
k his cap aff an is tryin tae shield his lighter wae it, haudin it
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
whaur they micht be held. Tae shield himsel frae suspicion, he tel on page 28
e daein wi a guid coverin tae shield the grun. Gin we get nae snaw on page 81

2 matches

Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
shield authority by claiming
1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
n re-checked the straps on ma shield, gied the blade o ma aix a qu on page 56
happened ava. I gaed in wi ma shield aheid o ma face, an ma aix sw on page 58
ckin law an lowpin hie - his shield like a waw, his swuird like a on page 59

4 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Bield frae a shield, on page 14

5 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
but the others hid it neath a shield of jokes and swagger, shoving on page 3

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
de, she had tae blenk hard an shield her een. The holo-exit wis in on page 8

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
A yett o airn can shield tho hashie winds on page 32

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
he skelped his spear aff his shield in its licht. on page 22

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
gainin a big wun at the Green Shield Stamps (the 60s equeevalent o
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
dae naething ti shield s frae the sun. on page 36

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
We cannae aye shield fae an jouk fae the shame on page 77

1 matches

General Ulster

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e. They said they put weather shield but it's nat the same as Rons(2016)