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Use in varieties of Scots

aafil Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words64.9 0 0 139.1 1086.9 0 0
Number of occurrences2010 0 14 187 0 0
Number of authors15 6 9

Occurrences of aafil 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid's aafil hard tae watch him when he di on page 8
He'd gotten an aafil bruckeen bit none o hid wis h on page 56

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
'sheu's a aafil queerie sowl. on page 4
. Awey, sheu lairned tae be a aafil cynic. Here, sheu coonts the on page 33
hairt o Astrid's silence haes aafil gravity, an so the conversaet on page 84
shakkan thir heid an sighan, aafil sad, an Brenna says, "False c on page 98
Noo the aafil grave quaistion: tae bide in on page 104
Also on pages 124, 132
7 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
pat on me frock (thir wis an aafil lot less o me then) and me wa on page 99

1 matches

Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
egs were so peedie thit I got aafil tired and said I couldna walk
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
lack haert o her silence haes aafil gravity,
1 matches

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
The Stoorworm died in aafil pain, hid's body's hot and bu
1 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
@Lenniesaurus @LidlGB Aafil bonnie - thank you! (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Laureen Johnson uses here is aafil regiar, an staands weel for d on page VI
Alice wis begennin ta turn aafil tired o sittin apo da broo as on page 7
shö fan hersel faain doon an aafil deep wal. on page 8
¶lroom, an altho dis wisna an aafil guid chance ta shaa aff foo m on page 9
een. "I doot Dinah'll miss me aafil da nicht!" (Dinah wis da cat. on page 10
Also on pages 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 40, 44, 45, 46, 52, 53, 54, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 75, 76, 78, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 100, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 110, 112, 114, 117, 119
120 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Bit der wis wan aafil Göd livin sowl caad Noah wha on page 7
aac wi maet. Isaac wis gittin aafil blinnd bit he towt dat da voi on page 11
is lik ta be deceived. He wis aafil taen wi a lass caad Rachel an on page 12
wis awaar dat dir life wis an aafil trachle. So ee day he gied ta on page 15
om aside dem, fir shö lookit aafil oot a place. Some-ean said da on page 19
Also on pages 24, 25, 27, 31, 69, 71, 72, 101, 107, 109, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 129, 131, 147, 153, 17, 159, 166
35 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
rie hoose at da Burns took an aafil notion in him, an wid come on page 1
on wi his croft. He wis most aafil parteekler wi whatever he did on page 2
da funeral. It wis aa been an aafil stress ipon him, so we wir da on page 5
dey hedd a peerie lass at cam aafil aerly again, an lived just tw on page 12
kk up fur her, fur he hedd an aafil notion atil her. on page 13
Also on pages 15, 35, 42, 45, 72, 77
11 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Jit hit's aafil snjiug, dis hoos a myn. on page 14

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
andirt English "th" soonds is aafil rare, onli fun ithin aboot 7. on page 27
m mi fokk haed, dat ram wis a aafil on page 63
y have a house / etc). Dis is aafil rare on page 75
ctives. A sentence laek Yun's aafil on page 77
Da aafil kind wife helpit da lass at w on page 83
Also on pages 86, 105, 106
10 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
yiff ahaed o wis. Da boat wis aafil peerie fur yun waters, jöst
1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
hin shö says, 'Kirsten, Ah'm aafil sorry ta hear aboot Davie.' W
1 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
contact wi een anidder. D'ir aafil læk tae caase misunderstaand

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
y have a house / etc). Dis is aafil rare aroond da wirld: onn'y 6

Walterson, Vaila Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
re da trowie show, der wis an aafil kerry on in da trowie knowe.
es. Thomasina heyd entered an aafil lot o’ bakin’. She wiz bu
2 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
e @eloiset280 Mine gies me an aafil itchy nose if I tak it aff, b (2021) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
AmACr0w Yep, can confirm it's aafil guid!(2021) search twitter
I'm aafil blyde at the inauguration gae(2021) search twitter
a day on me wye hom fae wark, aafil boannie. https://t.co/hThNdau(2021) search twitter

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