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The word 'blinn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blinnOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.6219
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 12 9 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 69.5 5 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 blinn in Corpus

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South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
ephalus; Maggie McPhee, deif, blinn, but wi the gift o the Sicht on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
ephalus; Maggie McPhee, deif, blinn, but wi the gift o the Sicht
1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ower the graivel was lik bein blinn an feelin oor wey yin fit eft
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
pey), they maistlins turnt a blinn ee an ettilt tae bide oot the
aw the ither managers turnt a blinn ee for ordinar, in a situatio
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
n an his mither, Pernelle, is blinn tae the man's flaws, seein hi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
me the name o ane much lo'ed blinn poet that performs his poetry
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ae twae pawrents thit war aye blinn fou o the John Barleycorn, an on page 21

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
the front room an cuid sweer blinn it maun hiv stoapit umpteen t on page 22

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ever ye dae! This licht could blinn ye!' on page 142

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
The reek at made us blinn: on page 50

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
blae, hes een stack oot like blinn soutars' thooms an hes tung p on page 17

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ompetent blazers that’s sae blinn they canna see the bluid upo
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@billykayscot tweeted
ession tae “gie somebody the blinn”? (English: to deliberately (2020)
re tae, alang wi gied him the blinn!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an bein deif an blinn tae thaim it kennt on page 23
cht yince hae turraveed thaim blinn on page 34
cht yince hae turraveed thaim blinn on page 40
s inner nebby ee no even hauf blinn on page 70

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