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The word 'dawin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dawinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.63216
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 4
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 18.4 14 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 62.4 5 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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 dawin in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Are nippit bi the frost at dawin on page 16

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
the still o the neist cramson dawin. For Summer moms maun steer u on page 136

1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 82 - As The White Swan Passes, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
sae ye went ti a new day's dawin on page 14

1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
In dawin they stuid but, wirmit an cau
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
as this, leukin doon like the dawin, on page 13

1 matches

Purves, Jamie Lallans 102 - Aince, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
daes like a ghaist, an at day dawin, wi the scarrows scuddin ahin on page 13

1 matches

Capener, Jack Eemis Stane 1 - Syne, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Day's dowie dawin comes bricht intae sicht on page 10

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
dawin wis the only breakfast she ha
line, which had kythed in the dawin. “Christ,” he sayed. “A
2 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
In the dawin the keing cam by an whan he s on page 42

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Like ti the dawin or whan daylicht wes fleein. on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Adamson, Donald Lallans 90 - The Myndin o Lockerbie, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
like a day's dawin. on page 37

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
It's dawin fair whan we win the Border, on page 35
Dawin braks on the day, a thrang o on page 107

2 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
intil the new day's dawin on page 32

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
i the dawin A skelp, see, owre watterside on page 19
i the dawin A ride, see, owre watterside on page 21
ichten ma door-stane, ay, the Dawin Tree on page 27

3 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
We luik forrit tae the dawin, on page 97

4 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
11. As Day Wes Dawin In The Sky. on page 114

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Think i the dawin, work i the licht, on page 82

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
back, in fact, as the day wis dawin.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
At dawin, i the clear mornin air,
sant in the dawin’s licht,
o dawin, Ah steik the curtains
wi caups o wyne at dawin, the’r nae
Ai Mercie, here the dawin!
5 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
for anither dawin, anither muivin-o-the-sun on page 11
like a day's dawin. on page 26

2 matches

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