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The word 'gliff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gliffOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53818
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 22.2 5 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 3
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 109 9 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 gliff 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.

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
the gairden firstlins!" In a gliff she wes outen the chaamer an on page 23
Deedledee yokit til't in a gliff: on page 51
grew muckle an yalla aa in a gliff, as he pyntit wi a chitterin on page 59
epie-meh at Ailice fair gat a gliff. on page 69
e river hed eelie't awaa in a gliff, an she wes back again in the on page 74

5 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
mischancie mainner, an in a gliff, hiz tung stak ti the ern. Ma
gliff whan hiz dugs gied warnishin
2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
Anither gliff lat him ken that a leg wis co
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
seen it afore, its wordy o a gliff. It cuid mebbe tak ye tae som
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
the go-by, wi jist ae general gliff o them as a group. The report
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
an wide-eed, braithless for a gliff. Gary Beaton cam closer, seei
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ear screwed up ticht agin the gliff an taen guid tent gaun doon t
1 matches

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
s o it. Maist festivals gie a gliff o Scots tradeetional muisic, on page 56

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
tak attitude, splored wi gliff an fret, on page 16

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
inna pit thon blad this verra gliff intil yer poke, A hecht ye, y on page 9

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
transs whaur cuid be sein the gliff o the lichts frae the gryte b on page 2

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
d!” He wes bouled owre in a gliff bi the fuffie an sneistie Mow
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
that Mr Cameron waukent. In a gliff he and his fower men wis in t
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Coungerin The Gliff on page 5

1 matches

McClure, Rob nothing but a set of eyes for stars - The Night, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
A gliff, sprinting shadow, scuffle of on page 101

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
tae her. He landit licht as a gliff on her airm. At first she on page 2

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
yon wad gie a muckle electric gliff, an haen yon befaw iz yince a on page 22

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Got a gliff on page 21

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
That blent a gliff than hid its daeless gleid on page 25

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
human life is naething but a gliff in compare wi geologic time.
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
e; ma heid dirled an I felt a gliff o reid burn in ma cheeks. The
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
I kent in a gliff at it maun be St. Nick.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
yne the witch cast me an unco gliff wi her daurk een. A hale warl on page 41
en move, and she casts me yon gliff again. I cannae shift it frae on page 43

3 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
d doon at hur hauns, an got a gliff when she saw that she'd put o on page 19
hum this size: geez, Ah would gliff thum oot their life!" Sae she on page 53
chainge thum-" when she got a gliff b' seein th Cheshire Cat sitt on page 61
uchess b' this time, an got a gliff when she heard hur voice clos on page 87
e said tae hersel. Imagine th gliff she got, when th White Rabbit on page 114
Also on pages 116
6 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
leavin ahint a gliff o simmer heyfields, on page 155

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Orkney sun on the green grun, gliff o sunlicht on steading door. on page 59

1 matches

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