A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'howf'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
howfOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61812
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 47.4 4 1
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 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 3
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 3
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of howf in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rk; he'd bin mugged ootside a howf; some nesty breet hid chored
1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e fae the schuil, an seen his howf door hauf-apen an blown in th on page 97
il, an gin he wis hame in his howf, A wad ettle tae caw in efter on page 99
ettent like lunt-widd on your howf flair?" on page 100

4 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
d pit ye throu the waa o this howf.' on page 86

2 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
faith-haelers as his hinmaist howf): My wee lassie's at ane mae on page 135

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
awns ships, a drinkin howf, an wins agin the camber on page 67

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r hous wis juist a bachelor's howf for Edam; sae Jennet rowed up on page 70

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Mony a wee howf the boatie veesits on. on page 10

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ll dauner roon tae Rabbie’s howf tae doon yin mair guid willy-
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
n by a stair doon tae a laich howf ablow the causeys. Twa drunks on page 140

3 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
an sclimmed up the rocks tae howf awa frae that awfy place as f

@LairnScots tweeted
y: https://t.co/szVQRElcBo an howf: https://t.co/lv8ekumZJ3 Dae (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
In his wee howf tae hear the crack on page 9

1 matches

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