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The word 'hazel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hazelOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.95112
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 39.9 9 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 82.8 18 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 78.6 6 1
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 4
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)

Occurrences of hazel in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
Hazel Parkins on page 58

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Gin ye'll lat me dowp on the hazel tree on page 21
he cocked on the branch o the hazel tree. on page 22

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ack, wi naething bit a fork o hazel atween his hauns tae pynt it
oot. He'd let Minnie haud the hazel fork the day he'd fand it. In
in his great roch hauns, the hazel lowpit. Syne the twig pulled
3 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
tae his beloved Hazel (she's a bit nutty) "Na na Al
is is Sunday," said a puzzled Hazel. "Fit Sunday,
Sunday mornin. As Hazel watched Alexander Holmes tryi
ey sat aitin their breakfast Hazel asks." Did you see yon auld c
come past the bloomin thing". Hazel thocht for a
9 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
in upon his hurdies the oil o hazel; but neither by priggin nor p
1 matches

West Central

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
That wis wee Hazel of course, the unluckiest las
uldnae take no fir an answer. Hazel wis pure ragin. She wis missi
trees creaked and groaned as Hazel hurled hersel doon the wimpli
nd cursin the murky shaddaes, Hazel found hersel at a white metal
ain and the chill in the air. Hazel couldnae believe how late she
18 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He’s lookin at me, his hazel eyes still boayish but at the
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
he wis auld eneuch tae grup a hazel wand, his first job as a wee on page 24
uif-trees, an sauch busses an hazel wands tae weave an bind the r on page 50
panie, as he whittlt awa at a hazel wand an she spun the first o on page 55
an shairn, or whittled awa at hazel sticks, makin cruiks that he on page 56
troots cuid be temptit wi the hazel wand an worm. Efter the lambi on page 74

6 matches

General Central

Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
ned birds, ilka ane hauldin a hazel brainch on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
woollen hat, Maw's neighbour Hazel is strugglin tae drag hur sho on page 2
Ma neighbour, Hazel, is sittin beside Cathy. By t on page 113
Hazel stands next tae sing 'Hail Qu on page 115

5 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
whustlin cruel cut o his lang hazel stick, the barefuit halflin l
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
othes Hall, Glenrothes, whaur Hazel Darwin-Clements brings ‘The (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
– her favourite airt wi its hazel an birk. She’d seen the Lai
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
o soople hazel wands, lashed on page 15

1 matches

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