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The word 'deevil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
deevilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62010
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 46.5 8 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 deevil in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
patience: "hit taks datten a deevil o a time tae explenn things." on page 104

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Whan he wis fantin da Deevil cam aboot him an said, 'If du on page 85

4 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ightsomeness wis da wark a da deevil. Shü widna wirt let dem gyin on page 4

2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
sed Duiweel, "Whit da Muckle Deevil duis du tink du's doein here? on page 35

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Tae scare awa the Deevil
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"The yalla deevil-lassie says tae the green ane
"Syne the twa deevil-lassies see the greedy auld w
2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
hing hid iver ailt him. Fit a deevil o a caat; bit he'd leernt his on page 27

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
nor the sooch o the deevil hissel
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
eetin an reponed, "It wis the deevil tempit me sir."
"The deevil, honest man," answert the mag
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
he faither's cheeks. 'Wha the deevil dae ye think ye are," he shou on page 19
' Miss Honey said. 'She wis a deevil. As soon as ma faither wis oo on page 192

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
nor the sooch o the deevil hissel on page 17
fae a ceilidh wi the deevil on page 81

2 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Tae Ilka Scots Makar an Scriever, (twitter.com 2022) Central, poetry
An mak it the Deevil tae fley the attacks,
1 matches

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