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The word 'steadin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
steadinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41811
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 64.1 6 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 steadin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
y aye cam back tae the Smiddy steadin The last time for the golden on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ar steerin aroon the close an steadin, listenin te the unctioneer r on page 94

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
g inno the neuk o the frostit steadin, afore tiptoein efter Minnie
Ilkie biggin an steadin fur miles wis thackit wi snaa
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Angus_the_Bull1 Sae is yer steadin. Ken fit I'm sayin ??(2020)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
It wis a auld ferm steadin converted intae chalets. Ere
1 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
There’s faerms eyre we steadin’s we fair skelps ‘o grun,
1 matches

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
bade in ih cottar hoose by ih steadin. Ye could hear ih rats scuttl (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ae make any sudden movements. Steadin massel ah make a move tae lea
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ch stan¢ causey forenent the steadin, an roun the corner tae the c on page 24
intae the brae-face abune the steadin. Here a dizzen men cuid hide on page 42
ucht up the ferm road tae the steadin, he tuik a rounaboots road in on page 59
hen skirtit the brae past the steadin o Auchencloich whaur Peden th on page 67

6 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
s the haill ongauns at Njal's steadin. An aifter the onset, seys he on page 14

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Fae the Needle's Ee tae the Steadin Stane, on page 26

1 matches

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