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The word 'divna'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
divnaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.53510
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 93.1 21 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
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 divna 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

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
'Bit I divna waant tae ging up therr, Bell on page 84

1 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
defiantly git pissed off! Yi divna even ask for shotty either, a
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
equal noo, bi Goad, cos wirms divna aet à la carte. on page 40

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
dinna try ti tell me the deid divna walk.
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Canna buy me loaf, I divna like it at aa. on page 84
An I divna ken fit tae dee on page 90
Ye divna ken fit's missin on page 105
Sna, I divna care on page 113
Bit I divna like Lapsan Souchong, Profess on page 122
Also on pages 134, 158, 181
20 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Wither the day I divna like ata.
1 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
hai int baet iz yit, Ah juist divna see nae need tae bauchil publ
1 matches

Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
k tent. The feck o Scots fowk divna ken naethin anent thar ain le
stertin up ane mahsel but Ah divna ken hou tae dae sae. Ah'm hop
tchy wad hiv tae tak tent. Ah divna ken whe'er ye ken but on the
3 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Wi someone ye divna luve. on page 68
Ah divna dreid the wheems o fate on page 78

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Buffalo Bill, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
thi cavalry divna rescue naewan, on page 62

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Red on Maroon, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
haverin o fit thay divna ken; on page 111

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
anither, this is whit wey we divna hear a cheep back. Efter aw,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Ye divna get dances lik yon nooadays! on page 29

1 matches

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