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The word 'tormented'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tormentedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3107
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 tormented in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
… the Broonie o Helliehowe tormented a family in a nearby ferm tae
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
raetir wis aafil vexed. So da tormented sowl shargit, 'Fedder Abraham on page 125

2 matches

Mid Northern B

Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ver let on. Me an Dexter jist tormented him aboot it but said that we
1 matches

General Northern

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
that fought for her heart and tormented her. You hated the land and t
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Ye stupit eejit!" The Devil tormented him all the way back to his b on page 43

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
aped fae whitever it wis that tormented him; fae whitever troubles it on page 12

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n the park, we saw him gettin tormented by aulder lads. They took his
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
aped fae whitever it wis that tormented him; fae whitever troubles it
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
hat "fought for her heart and tormented her" struck a strang cord wi on page 58

1 matches

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