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The word 'haaf'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
haafOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.73913
ORK - Orkney 79.5 8 2
SHD - Shetland 52.3 9 6
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 73.4 7 1
DOR - General Northern 31 7 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of haaf in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
intae the haaf. Inga coonts on page 7
pietal, brandeen niches, rare haaf aathenticity ... Eynar taks n on page 41
wracks haaden in tow, tae the haaf an deeper yet. Whit soonds sh on page 44
The loup tae haaf has ferfil gien the lie tae i on page 74
o Orcadia turns thaim tae the haaf, awey fae the gowd leam o the on page 99
Also on pages 150
6 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
wey tae laern hou tae uiss a haaf-familiar language, fir hid ma
1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
In the faer haaf a wave maks for the geo,
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
i da Solan, or gied ta da far Haaf on page 47

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ta come back fae da far haaf. on page 56
o his far haaf, at dey forgadder dan on page 64

2 matches

Sinclair, Lise Juist laek Maunna, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
e Da Fuyra’s moontin-tappit haaf
1 matches

Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
Hings ower da far haaf's wastern rim
1 matches

Mainland, Jim Love (After Miroslav Holub), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
An age an a haaf o waitin
1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
abe49321719 Yes dat's him! De haaf language wis a lexicon o 'tab(2020)
ken mair aboot de wird ir de haaf language?(2020)

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t he’s pitten awa an it nae haaf throwe the mornin’s yokin.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wa. Michty he’d a herd an a haaf o the buggers rinnin aboot th
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he placie he wiz seekin aboot haaf o a mile doon it. Jeemicky th
ddle o the ring surrounded by haaf the world, well leastwyes haa
the world, well leastwyes haaf o Turra. His repaired pipes w
3 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ty crew at the shoppie, aboot haaf o them student craturs an the on page 76

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
'Twa an a haaf ear, laddie. An A'm jist foon on page 30

4 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
the door o the kitchie, lyin haaf-tirrt on the fleer in sic a s
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
n winrin gin A’ve climt tae haaf their hicht.
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
rins swith, an you an me Are haaf a hfetime sinner, on page 7
on-" An I wuss I cwid tell ye haaf the things at Ailice ees't ta on page 13
, owertappin Ailice hersel by haaf a heid! on page 29
keekit at his watch, an said "Haaf-five." on page 61
"I'm seiven an a haaf azacly." on page 68

6 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
A’d been gien jist sax an a haaf month tae gaither as mony Nor
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
up by whaur haaf nets an stake nets wir on page 31

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
esen cuttin a triangle in the haaf. Frae the bottom o the park,
tae gaird them frae the wild haaf. The airm is Islandmagee. Tho
2 matches

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