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The word 'divin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
divinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1138
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
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 divin in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
an maas divin.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ea-maws scrauchin, wheelin an divin fir wirms es he plooed the gr on page 89

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
her wey. Nane ae thum fancied divin intae the canal in the daurk, on page 1

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
en foot mark daein lengths an divin fur rubber hoola hoops. on page 12
at wur in daein thir deep sea divin, Yi'll no catch me in a pair on page 15
fur the Junior Discover Scuba Divin course that's jist startet up on page 42
seven foot mark tae practise divin an play at Jaws. on page 55

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
en foot mark daein lengths an divin fur rubber hoola hoops.
at wur in daein thir deep sea divin, Yi’ll no catch me in a pai
2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in silent anticipation afore divin fearlessly, drappin like a fu
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
irms ootstretched, duckin and divin, 'Sheeom, sheeom, sheeom…'
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
pring efternuin, wi peesweeps divin ower the holms, whaups tirlin on page 55

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ad et a fair clip, duckin and divin and dodgin crowds ae tourists
1 matches

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