A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

divil Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 0 24 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences180 15 0 0 0 3
Number of authors6 4 2

Occurrences of divil in Corpus

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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Please yersel, ye selfish divil!" skirled Winnie. "Ye can dee on page 21
passed awa." "NO! Ye deef aul divil," roart Jock, "at's nae fit s on page 27
Git throwe the hoose, ye fool divil!" Stevie shoved im inte the b on page 53
"Git oot o at! Ye stinkin divil!" Ronnie aboot fell aff is ch on page 56
e: Meldrum's an ill-fashioned divil o a Place." Beldie gied a gri on page 70

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Wis the Divil an Angel tee, da?' she speire
r the tale got raivelled) the Divil rode like the win tae claim h
wis a kirk precentor, fur the Divil wid niver daur meddle wi him.
'The Divil'
k tent, because yer enemy the Divil as a roarin lion walketh aboo
8 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
his school bag. "Speak oh the divil." Says the teacher. His mam s
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in aboot the place somewye an divil o an egg hid he yet managed t
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Aye, ye're fur the divil, saes she, but afore ye heed on page 1

2 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
l Raiph, cud be a freen o tha divil himsel! ????! (2021) twitter link

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