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The word 'hivvin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hivvinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.1296
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 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 81.4 15 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 hivvin in Corpus

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Orkney

Hume, Caroline Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
hivvin an affair' on page 126

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
a doo. An a vice cam doon fae hivvin: "Ye're ma loon, ma dearie, A on page 84
weer oot, trizzure in hivvin att winna fail, far nae thief on page 103

2 matches

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Hivvin said aw yon, the anely time a
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
eel aboot their ain identity? Hivvin tae let on tae be somethin th
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
n oan it then whit's the pynt hivvin it? on page 105

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
er sister oan the bank, an ae hivvin nuhin tae dae: wance or twice on page 7
oot, cause she couldnae mind hivvin seen sich a thing afore. on page 14
thing afore, bit she membert hivvin seen in her brither's Latin G on page 22
seeing as how ye might fancy hivvin a wee go at it yersel wan day on page 27
hivvin a game ae play wae a cairt-ho on page 42
Also on pages 59, 66, 78, 87, 88, 107, 121
15 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
I'm hivvin a pure nichtmare gettin ower on page 10
Hivvin Rowley aboot's no been aw bad on page 19
It's daein ma bunnet hivvin tae gaun up tae Rowley's onyt on page 28

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
oose! I hate oor room! I hate hivvin tae dae aw these jobs, and I on page 32
is wi the Baudelaire orphans. Hivvin on page 57
the noo, insteid o hivvin tae wait for ye tae come o ag on page 59
wfie, awfie bad, as if he wis hivvin some kind o fit. His mooth wi on page 91

4 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
while her friens wir hivvin a dook on page 27

1 matches

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