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The word 'daavit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
daavitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.8364
ORK - Orkney 99.4 10 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 62.1 19 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 62.9 6 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 daavit in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Daavit's New Draars on page 46
Weel, Daavit lukk'd at boxer shorts in eve on page 47

10 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
beers o Jesus Christ, e sin o Daavit, e sin o Abraham. on page 7
a chiel ca'ed Joseph, sib tae Daavit. E quinie's name wis Mary. Th on page 80
ur, fae e hoose o his servant Daavit. on page 81
e aa e fowk. Iss verra day in Daavit's toon, yer Saviour wis born, on page 82
Mattatha, sin o Nathan, sin o Daavit, sin o Jesse, sin o Obed, sin on page 85
Also on pages 88, 111, 114
19 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
e're a brave man. Ye're lik a Daavit takin on Goliath.' on page 55

2 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
“No that’s Daavit’s room. My uncle Daavit.”
’s room. My uncle Daavit.”
“Three o them there wis but Daavit … a bonny loonie wi takkin
“He’s nae need o that , Daavit’s been awa lang years syne.
4 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
or noo it's Daavit, shak his heid an smile. on page 41

1 matches

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