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The word 'dreels'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dreelsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4118
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 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 dreels in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Hinted in frae ither dreels on page 119

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ht Like the iron or the set o dreels on page 15

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
t wik. I did a quick run up I dreels, as they need ti di is fire I(2019)
ti meldrum. Howkin through I dreels. He kens far he's ga'an. Says(2019)
@cligeey Fit rare dreels(2020)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
an ridgers, pittin up three dreels at a time. Weel the ferm they
1 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
Peats and pailens and stracht dreels
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Na their ma dreels(2020)

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
lim up the baunk tae the neep dreels A cuid hear lassies lauchin a on page 22

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The plou dreels efter words, on page 81

1 matches

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