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The word 'dauvit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dauvitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3110312
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 55.6 17 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 125.9 12 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 56.1 23 2
WCE - West Central 71 16 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 149.5 14 2
LAL - General Central 23.6 18 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dauvit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
19. The Tale o Dauvit Duff
wis the schule sports day an Dauvit Duff didna wint tae gyang. He
idna caa him his richt name o Dauvit, they ran efter him cryin...
in ilkie event in the sports, Dauvit kent fine. At the first race
creep alang a bench. Puir Dauvit’s shanks war sae lang, he l
17 matches

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
Wee Dauvit Morrison suddenly mindit it w
“Dauvit!” his mother cried. “Rin
ck skin at his throat wummle, Dauvit Morrison ran his haun doon th
voy roon the fairm yaird. Fin Dauvit hid visited thon fairm in the
bowl. “Fit colour’s this, Dauvit?” he speired.
12 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
An Dauvit Murison, Brocher born, he dra
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
aundardisin texts, the like o Dauvit Purves’s A Scots Grammar an
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
maa wirth, as ye can see whan Dauvit Purves, a langstaunin support
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
," Sylvie said til hir frein, Dauvit, in a saft vyce, as gin
an tak tent til this foraye," Dauvit gree’d. For a
"Luik," Dauvit said, on a suddentie, pyntin
"Ai, Dauvit, ye can mak a wush nou," Sylv
Dauvit thocht for a glisk, an syne h
21 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
d, hinnerlie haundin ower til Dauvit Purves. Willie wes forby Hono on page 3

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
heyngin the muid awthegither, Dauvit Purdie gies us anither braw t on page 5

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
spearean owersettins: thaim o Dauvit Purves an Robin Lorimer, o 'M on page 116

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
Donal Campbell, Willie Neill, Dauvit Purves an Neil R. MacCallum, on page 6
Dauvit Purves an Rab Wilson, a braid on page 7
Dauvit Purves priggit for the republ on page 8
d thing, A'm thinkin). We hae Dauvit Purdie's wark frae Jeames on page 9
e likes o Lallans auld frein, Dauvit Purves, on page 10

9 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
nie til his life an ettils in Dauvit Purdie's tribute til him i th on page 6
is hat as a skreivar o prose, Dauvit Purdie shaws us o the ills o on page 7

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
w ettils an dedicatioun o Dr. Dauvit Robb, whause lang resairches
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Yer hause is like the Tooer o Dauvit: on page 7

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
horses, will be commanded by Dauvit Hackston, wi Loudoun, Flemmin on page 36
a pistol aimed at the heid o Dauvit Hackston. The puir horse let on page 37
o June 1679, David Leslie an Dauvit Hackston an three hunner men on page 39
aicht o his followers. Stout Dauvit Hackston, hero o Drumclog an on page 40
haur they fell... Pve gethert Dauvit McClung frae Lunmerhaugh ... on page 53
Also on pages 60, 61
13 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
When I wis confrontit wi this Dauvit Crockett farce unfauldin afor on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
Dauvit won medals at the wapinschaws on page 8

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae? By Dauvit Horsbroch on page 39

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Set ower in Scots bi Dauvit Horsbroch on page 1
enge it tae the Scots version Dauvit. For place-names, it is recom on page 13
owk that identifies as Scots. Dauvit Hume wis a Scots Enlichtenmen on page 38

3 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
tle as Suddron Sangs. Maister Dauvit Hawkes is o the opinion that on page 33

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
he hail kinrik wis spyled, an Dauvit II's ransom o 100,000 merks, on page 110

4 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
leids. In his submission, Dr Dauvit
Dr Dauvit Horsbroch argies, tae, that t
24 Submission fae Dr Dauvit Horsbroch
3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
bi Dr Dauvit Horsbroch
s the natural philosopher Sir Dauvit Brewster (1781-1868), a son o
Ae screivar Dauvit Cauderwid, writin in the 1630
3 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
an owersettin in Scots bi Dr Dauvit Horsbroch fae the text o the
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
Set ower in Scots bi Dauvit Horsbroch
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
youse. First yaised by Schir Dauvit Lindsay in his Ane Satire o t(2020)