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The word 'blinterin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blinterinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.799
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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 blinterin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
es powkin a neb oot o e grun, blinterin in e warm sun.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
There wis a blinterin flash, the knell o thunner an
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
teekit. "F1t's iss?" he said, blinterin latchie-like at Alice, an spi on page 99

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Taen saft as a blinterin caunle: on page 39

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
As gin somethin wis blinterin throu on page 28

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
wis braw that day - the sun blinterin heich in the lift but the wat on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
blinterin A rise, see, eastawa on page 27

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
oot whan the rain ir snaw cam blinterin ablow.
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
o the auld Brig an kythes it blinterin white insteid o dreich an gre(2020)

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