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The word 'bleezin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bleezinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus25.58338
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 39.2 12 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 75.4 17 12
NEC - North East Central 139.1 3 1
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 4
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 26.5 20 13
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 139.1 10 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 265 3 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bleezin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
tae wer hotel. Noo, me beein bleezin, a jist blurtet oot, "A wumme on page 41

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
te ma, Joycie! Spik te ma." A bleezin Morrice haimmert oan the lock on page 46

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an the sin wis ayewis oot - bleezin doon fae a cloodless cobalt s on page 21
till his heid. Ok, God! Ah'm bleezin'\ he thochy, Stairtin te loas on page 60

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n. Tam Davidson, three quarts bleezin afore the proceedins sterted,
swallin. She furled roon, een bleezin, an anither snaabaa hit her f
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Setterday an their Da wid be bleezin drunk onywye – like eneuch
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
k on eir wee bikes an haivt e bleezin sticks til em nither. Att wis
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
youngwd1 Awa hame Willie. Yer bleezin'(2019)
@Wattiejwattie bleezin'(2019)
#rootatooed #doric #teuchter #bleezin #sunsoot https://t.co/lk1FpU3(2019)
. He jist needs ti look fir q bleezin loon wearin Eau de Sharn.(2019)

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
bleezin, wis worse than his.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
sans o hooses, an they werena bleezin. It wis jist lichts! An hoose on page 42

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
wis sittin there in front o a bleezin fire, wi Mary gien mi her cra on page 35

1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e biggit ma hoose an e fire's bleezin in e ingle, I've plunted a tr on page 26

1 matches

Petrie, Kimberley Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Letter Tae Ma Younger Sel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
fur gettin bleezin ilka wikkend. on page 25

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Aa come fae bleezin for a fortnecht on page 33

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
nd fit ye dee wi them cos yer bleezin" I'd argue wi her. on page 60

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
"bleezin yalla hairst muins gaein roon on page 3

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
'At I hae come hame bleezin on page 81

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
A ROYAL BOATIE BLEEZIN WI LICHTS sailed on a quaet s on page 114

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
finn at there wes a rael een, bleezin awaa, as bricht as the een sh on page 14

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
nivver less than eicht parts bleezin at ony one time. It wis a dif on page 118

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ddy in hoaspital. Ma face wis bleezin reid an
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
oonGuard @jimmychoo Foo? A’m bleezin’ an’ at’s afore ma wee noo(2018)
@jamierodden Ye bleezin' Jimmer?(2015)
Fiel Friday.. Bleezin’ swally’n hoors!! Puckly Su(2018)

@cligeey tweeted
@CaroleInnes0 Bleezin(2020)
eenwash in car came in it wiz bleezin hevved it oot the door seen(2020)
Bleezin noo https://t.co/v12d6n8p7f(2020)
@Ali_Leith Bleezin(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
tchin wi muscle. His een were bleezin yella wi fury and his teeth w on page 8
Wi the bleezin brainch in his haun, Hercules on page 13

3 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
sts aipen an thair wis Harry, bleezin mad! on page 86

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
e buiks an bottles, an a fire bleezin awa in the corner. Spite g th on page 74

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
It's a braw hoose an a muckle bleezin ingl. "Div tak a sate," says
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
white ablo her sunglesses. A bleezin sun tho the war, Ísabel jalo
1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Boswell’s Coort, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
It wis bleezin simmer in the Auld Toun
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
eping soundly neist tae thair bleezin fires. Nothin wis disturbin m
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
up and her wee black een were bleezin. on page 155
atilda looked richt intae the bleezin een o this on page 161

2 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Bleezin lik some digital comet,
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Oniewey things are bleezin awa nicely, the champagne ig on page 72
l wis addit tae it, keepin it bleezin till dawn. The hoose o the Su on page 127

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e square, whaur a bonfire wis bleezin an the Auld People wis singin
for thaim be the licht o the bleezin carcass o the larry, doon the
2 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ou the coal tull the fire wis bleezin reid an sperks war fleein up on page 21

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Lallans 90 - The Myndin o Lockerbie, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
like bleezin biggins, hidden frae the een on page 37

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
and like menorah branches bleezin bricht, on page 91

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
doon and bathed the room in a bleezin blue-white licht. The room wi on page 142

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
st o aw, the cauld smile, the bleezin unblenkin een. on page 10
e noo than wee keyholes, were bleezin wi anger. 'Hoo dae I feel?' s on page 101

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
like some great bleezin star. on page 39
cam bleezin tae ma mind. on page 50

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
an his een bleezin on page 15
unner the bleezin sun on page 30

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
the leeries cast smaa bleezin on page 41
Blinkin an bleezin, on page 56

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
here noo, an he's gaun tae be bleezin mad at me! An at you for comi on page 65

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
A tottie wee black goblin wi bleezin reid een cam chairgin oot. on page 73

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Buffalo Bill, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
for six-guns were bleezin on page 62

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
un ilka 88 days. Whiles it is bleezin hot. Traivelin oot fae the Su
1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
sun poored in, its bleezin heat spreidin ower the broun
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
n the mantelpiece an the fire bleezin in the grate. The windae shut
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
Nou, Flinger! Nou, Jinker an Bleezin!
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ered the dull cloth so it wis bleezin wi light, patterns scattered
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
roond the bleezin fire. on page 16
aroon the bleezin ingle warm an bricht, on page 28

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Yon bleezin ee o mune on page 35
Bleezin lowe ahin the grate, on page 62
We'll keep the licht bleezin on page 64
We'll keep yon licht bleezin In hearth an in hairt on page 77

7 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
like bleezin biggins, hidden frae the een on page 26

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Big, roon, bleezin rid an on page 6
Naw stooned, naw bleezin, but, on page 14
For bleezin wies an blid-rid dreams, they on page 26

3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
In tha kindlin bleezin, an greesauch settlin, on page 24
An a bleezin dome wi icy sheen on page 26

2 matches

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