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The word 'haf'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hafOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.896
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of haf in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
Mee sistir, fouïr an a haf aers ouldir as mee, chaenchis
1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
t the kids for th last hr n a haf ...... Crossed legged!! x(2011)

West Central

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
y Micoist yoostae liv an no a haf way hoos fur dilinkwints. on page 41

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
iece an’ pit the hammer tae haf’ cock. “Relax,” A couns
e the branch, pit it back tae haf’ cock, kennin’ A’d fail
the pan powder ingited an’ haf’ a second later the main ch
3 matches

General Central

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
gif ony of the kingis liegis haf ony doute of his life" - fae on page 3

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
gif ony of the kingis liegis haf ony doute of his life outhir on page 23

1 matches

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