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The word 'govin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
govinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.897
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of govin in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Govin at the fag-ends gobbed up at on page 21

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
Sae wyse an ootwart, govin throu the rain! on page 101

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
n, wheetlin peelie-wallie and govin frae side tae side tae airt o on page 6

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
richt enough," Mr. Poe said, govin oot at the lanely beach like on page 8

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
trenches had been wanrestfou. Govin up in wonder at the slawly bi on page 17

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
He hirpled ootby, his een govin wide: on page 22

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
Her een were govin richt through me, like she wi
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
n leukked ben an ootby an wus govin aa ower whun, tae tha sooth,
1 matches

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