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The word 'riven'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rivenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.3179
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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)

Occurrences of riven in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
geng back tae da Loard. He's riven things sindry ta mak dem bett on page 67

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
wave-worn, wind-riven wirds, on page 107

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tapsoil awa like bits o flesh riven affo a deed hare bi a hungert
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
cam tae an eildtrich tree, aa riven an wrinkled like fireflauchts
Doon, doon, doon drappit the riven, granite physog o the auld qu
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
d read a paper that hidna bin riven in twa bi them fechtin. Then,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The caup wi a ring inby; the riven sceptre; on page 41
We were betraisit, taen, an riven apairt. on page 42

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Hir's riven apairt hit's tattert ilka thr on page 26
beginnin has been stellt and riven apairt afore it wis completit on page 27

2 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o wracked and riven lungs on page 129

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ill regions gettin wrackit an riven? Nane o this maitters whan ye on page 122
rst peoples werenae) hae been riven bi war, an hou monie o them g on page 123

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
9. The Riven Peat-hags on page 112

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
spurtit forth frae their pike-riven hides. Deep in his sowl, John on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
owretrees o riven mappie-mou, see, for the easi on page 21

1 matches

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