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The word 'hurlin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hurlinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22018
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 7
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hurlin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Were hurlin ben the motorway When like a on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
de, ane fir inside an ane fir hurlin in the car. It widna maitter on page 63
te bi ootside wi yer Granda, hurlin in - is tractir. Ah likit na on page 88

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
cht himsel fair the man, noo. Hurlin oot an in tae the college ilk
1 matches

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
d - BANG! A shot cracked oot hurlin the roe’s heid shairply int
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
haur an onie time. Ye cuid be hurlin alang in yer motor wi hunners
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
distant, no sae lood’s the hurlin o bluid in his ears. The auld
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Words that send him abruptly hurlin back in shock. And he looks j
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
hurlin brickbats
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
; yet it seemed tae me he wis hurlin doun intae an abyss an I coud on page 84

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
sun slingin its spears, hail hurlin its flanes, on page 35

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
til hir choaker brustit oot, hurlin gowd links aaweys lik slingin on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
in like mad, and the boat wis hurlin alang at a skelpin pace. Mr W on page 97

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
hurlin in ma cairtie, ay, we'll whee on page 21
hurlin in ma watter-cairtie, see, wi on page 28

2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
wis gey an dauntin at first, hurlin out an in ma
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
hen Ah declined they'd stairt hurlin abuse, includin tellin me hou(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
that claymore! Tae wabbit fur hurlin... ????(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
A fair auld bit o watter hurlin doon fae the glen and by the (2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
s. "Oot ye git," said Esther, hurlin wirds intae the bak as she bu on page 1

1 matches

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