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The word 'divil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
divilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.9197
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 49 15 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of divil in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Please yersel, ye selfish divil!" skirled Winnie. "Ye can dee on page 21
passed awa." "NO! Ye deef aul divil," roart Jock, "at's nae fit s on page 27
Git throwe the hoose, ye fool divil!" Stevie shoved im inte the b on page 53
"Git oot o at! Ye stinkin divil!" Ronnie aboot fell aff is ch on page 56
e: Meldrum's an ill-fashioned divil o a Place." Beldie gied a gri on page 70

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Wis the Divil an Angel tee, da?' she speire
r the tale got raivelled) the Divil rode like the win tae claim h
wis a kirk precentor, fur the Divil wid niver daur meddle wi him.
'The Divil'
k tent, because yer enemy the Divil as a roarin lion walketh aboo
8 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
his school bag. "Speak oh the divil." Says the teacher. His mam s
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in aboot the place somewye an divil o an egg hid he yet managed t
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
details, but ye burnt lit the divil, on page 83

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Aye, ye're fur the divil, saes she, but afore ye heed on page 17

2 matches

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
l Raiph, cud be a freen o tha divil himsel! ????! (2021) twitter link