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The word 'haad'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
haadOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.57217
ORK - Orkney 178.9 18 7
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 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 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 186.1 42 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of haad in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I haad thim aal within me power. on page 29

1 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
An than afore I can tae haad me tongue on page 41
I pat me hand oot, tukk a haad o his, on page 43

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
match and meed sure hid teuk haad on page 17

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ng o the mintie staetion, tae haad twa meuns an a normous o star on page 66
inkan or spaekan. Sheu taks a haad o the wheel. "Thoo're thinkan on page 68
inno hiv. "Noo, the stores-' "Haad on!" Brenna golders, horrid r on page 86
her airm a dunt, waantan tae haad hid, kennan sheu's raedy tae on page 99
trid aboot the yole. Will hid haad her, or gar her gang? on page 154
Also on pages 155, 156, 157, 161
9 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
n no buther the mare. Chon'il haad thee up tae see in the staal. on page 70

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tning, sunshine and shower, I haad thim aal within me power. on page 155

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Whaar they haad the County Show - on page 138

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ueer, bekis they cheust didna haad wi guff like that.
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
tae haad twa meuns an a normous o star
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
s, du dösna hae de wirds tae haad me on de page, an du'll nivir on page 14

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ed inta dat age-auld frame ta haad aff da lang winter winds an r
1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
at rop, desperately tryin tae haad dimsels doon. Shune in a flas
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
it ower a yowes heed an get a haad o her whin you wir doon an cl
Hit wisna dat easy tae keep a haad o da banks ropp wi ee haund,

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
"The place will haad nae mair!"
"Haad doon, haad doon that lang roadside.
2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
oon at the fleer an hummed an haad an hubbert a bit, syne blurte on page 57

2 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
The cantrip-wirds sall haad ye ticht, on page 8
ie-like I can scarcelins keep haad o ye! An dinna haad yer mou s on page 19
Keekin-gless byeuk! An gin I haad it up til a gless the wirds u on page 20
en wye, hed she nae cleikit a haad o the door-chik. She wes gett on page 23
richt intil't afore she cwid haad back. on page 24
Also on pages 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 41, 44, 46, 50, 51, 57, 58, 61, 63, 65, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 76, 78, 81, 85, 86, 89, 92, 98, 99
41 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
Cos it disna tak a pintle tae haad a pen.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n big cats. Gin you can get a haad o the carcass o a cat, the pe
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
aniver Herod fun oot he'd bin haad, he wus rïppin, an he gien o on page 2

1 matches

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