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The word 'deils'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
deilsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83613
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 62.1 19 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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) 71.4 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of deils in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
po ilka een an cured them aa. Deils cam oot o mony o them, roarin on page 86
lene, oot o fa hid come syven deils, an Joanna, e wife o Chuza, H on page 92
att hid been teen ahaud o bi deils. For monys a eer, he'd gaen a on page 94
oer an aathority tae cass oot deils an cure disease. An he sent t on page 95
er, we saa a chiel cassin oot deils in your name an we garrt him on page 97
Also on pages 98, 100, 105
18 matches

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
Fishermen. Deils. Ih real sharks o’ ih water
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
No-wyce Deils on page 39

2 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
mair sikkarlie, a haill fek o deils!): What hae ye adae wi me, Je on page 135
but, an pits it forrit at the deils kill his mither raither nor h on page 139

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
es descrives a scene in whilk deils pleys tennis wi buiks. Like m
ntin hous nor ocht ither! The deils acks in mukkil the same wey a
tint. An he is tellt that the deils ir pleyin the pert o the crei
3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e ower lang. Some o thae puir deils wha’ve left micht sell us o
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Demons and Deils cam tae hand yer soul in thei on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
dauncin aboot and duntin like deils on tottie wee drums. 'Augustu on page 89

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
twa lest three-pace rows fleg deils on page 59

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Buffalo Bill, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
an thay rid deils fleggit, taein aff, on page 62

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Impident deils, he thocht. Gowpin in his win on page 18

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
pportunities o Podemos an the deils they ken i the ither pairties
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
aff, like a pair 0 coorse wee deils, hingin ontae the brainches, on page 41

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Or deils fashin in Hellish pain. on page 18
o eldrich places, ghaists an deils. on page 56

2 matches

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