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The word 'haiverin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
haiverinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51814
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of haiverin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"Ye're haiverin," quo Brian. A hale year auld
1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
sie kywte an lang tail, ee're haiverin, jaloosin. Aat's kis ee dinna on page 84

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
and follaein orders and this haiverin auld bauchle o a ferryman wid on page 53

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
s claes. Thon's naethin but a haiverin tollie, a tuim-heidit poltis.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sed tae listen tae this kin o haiverin. The wumman wis aareadies Hsi
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
'Aa haiverin promises, on page 11

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
i wull sune' 'Hoo? Yir yill's haiverin, 'Aye, bit thon heid's neist on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Wha's this big haiverin galoot?' skraiched Grannie on page 173

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
e the nixt room. 'Wha are you haiverin tae in there? Whit are you up on page 25
'Ye're leein as usual. Stap haiverin and gie me ma medicine. Shak on page 38

2 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
chters. Ye'd hae thocht A wis haiverin tae thaim in Pictish the wey on page 3
. Whan the denner appears A'm haiverin on aboot a telly programme A' on page 4

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
afore onybody kens whit ye're haiverin aboot. on page 132

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Vyced haiverin, nae stut, ne'er dour. on page 15

1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Wi nane gien a lug tae his haiverin, on page 80

1 matches

@gordimhor1 tweeted
ke that, next time somebody's haiverin oan anent Scots being a prete(2019)

@LairnScots tweeted
e atween spraffin, bletherin, haiverin, slaverin... https://t.co/GDI (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
n that ee wisnae tae gaun oan haiverin. on page 86

1 matches

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