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The word 'daurna'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
daurnaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52419
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 daurna 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

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Tak liberties I daurna on page 15

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Maister." Bit efter att they daurna speir ony mair at him. on page 114

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ow or faither himsel, yet she daurna let dab that she kent the Wir
the grieve wid say neist. She daurna stop the doctor fin he drave
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
iz bearable. He lay still and daurna move an inch. He didna want t
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
aircy, haud yer whisht, for I daurna listen mair! Voilet Jacob htt (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ence on modem philosophy.' Ah daurna pit 'DAMN AA', thocht Jeems, on page 85

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
ck, no, please no!” bit she daurna dae a thing. Ah could see she
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ie! Here cums Moira nou, an A daurna tell hir what haes happent. A on page 48

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
re wis certain words ye juist daurna say an maist particlar on a S
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma throat's sae sair A daurna talk.
A daurna eat - A'm feart tae risk it!
Adam: No, Eve! We daurna be sae bauld.
or whit may hap A daurna tell.
4 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
the lobby’s that alowe she daurna open the door. Insteed, she m
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
e is also a door in a hill ye daurna enter but I hiv. It's haurd b on page ix

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
mystery is that ondeemous, ye daurna misobey. Daft as it seemed, a on page 12

1 matches

Robertson, James Eemis Stane 2 - The Ploom, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
and wantin bairns that daurna threip. on page 6

1 matches

Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
But A daurna titch her, no hen the invisib on page 6

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Ah daurna shaw masel aifter thon kin o on page 14

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
(And says warse words we daurna prent - on page 33

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
nkin lang on Ma Leddy, see, A daurna tell on page 21

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South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Ye daurna waste, pit a tae use, on page 149

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
cups it's still gey clear, We daurna meddle wi you. on page 44

1 matches

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