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The word 'glowin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
glowinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12921
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 12 9 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of glowin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
st thing they saw wis a green glowin chiel, happit wi the phosphor
ould see wis the great, green glowin shape o Jock Dow, transmogrif
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the nails and the shovel were glowin bricht reed syne aathing gid
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
saw the bairns” faces glowin like reid roses, an the park
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ayont the hill, the lift wis glowin reid. 'Dinna tell me that's t on page 41

2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
eheid and her rosy cheeks are glowin. on page 51
e's no relievin himsel oan ma glowin laminated flair. Before ah le on page 151

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Aneath the glowin, shiny skin
1 matches

West Central

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
n a saw an auld kirk n it wiz glowin.
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
up n under i tree - thit wis glowin we i wee fairy lights n the u
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
in wi her breists, which were glowin wi the ache tae touch him. He
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Scratch that, he’s actually glowin a ray ae fuckin sunshine. He
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
veryboady seems tae be wearin glowin, radiatin smiles. It could ji
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
e screen shows a wee map wi a glowin dot where Dolly's phone is. on page 19

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Held in a glowin follae-spot on page 76

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
His Tangoed coupon glowin’ like
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Govin intae a glowin paper screen, on page 92

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
As glowin ember's dimmed, on page 16

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
raw?' he says, offerin me the glowin orange butt. on page 46

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
wis wee, Granny let me fish a glowin butt oot o hur ashtray. Ah re on page 26
d like an animal and tossed a glowin butt intae it as she left. It on page 39

2 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
a breeshlit in an cuddlet the glowin baw.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
. Pitch black except fur warm glowin lichts frae twa kirk windaes.

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
d looked in the mirror at the glowin figure afore me and ah smiled
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
cot @OorVyce Och weesht, I’m glowin reid.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The glowin embers hot on page 39

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
o masie leaves glowin gowd in the sun. on page 14

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ers, yer hale bodie wull be a-glowin, like whan a bricht licht shi on page 90

1 matches

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