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The word 'hansel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hanselOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.91614
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 5
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hansel in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
as de tide. Dese wirds ir my hansel tae dee. Tak dem; gie dem on page 14

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Here's a hansel o herrin fae da wastird, fat on page 70

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
gaengs aa men in wit, an guid hansel
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
So my first veesit wis The Hansel. Meaning “da present” hit
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
book 'treeds' is published by Hansel Cooperative Press. #Shetland (2020)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n aa their closest friens tae hansel the year. Matthew Bruce cam b
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e coal miners. Fresh air is a hansel fae heevin til them. They are on page 136

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
is historic address, bodit a "hansel" tae the Queen at the openin
s Pairlament in Edinburgh. A "hansel" bein a wee mindin tae fetch
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
the puir wood cutter bided wi Hansel and Gretel and whaur Rid Ridi on page 180

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
days are ower nou, sae we sal hansel in oor waddin." Syne ben cam on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Syne he wunnert aloud, did it hansel ill doun the road at her mith on page 18

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
he hecht o new life was aye a hansel tae be celebrated. In this ai on page 18

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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
en a blast o Januar win, blew hansel in on . . . my wee granddocht
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
stairs; hir mine awash wi the hansel o Daniel, hit bodie incandesc on page 19

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General Ulster

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
The mair A hae the hansel o proaphecy an tak up aa that
1 matches

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