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The word 'heiven'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
heivenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3511422
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 43.1 17 5
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 25.2 19 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 981.1 54 1

Occurrences of heiven in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ple like a finger, pyntin tae Heiven. Maist o the heidsteens in it
, an the tap o it reached tae Heiven, an saw the Angels o God gyau
'Foo are ye faan frae Heiven, o Lucifer, son o the mornin.
ghaistly laidder raxxin frae Heiven tae the grun.
wad bide ootside the Yetts o Heiven till God tuik peety on't an l
8 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
blue, blue Heiven ower Weirdich Wid, Mither Rub
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
hey dee, their sowels gae tae Heiven. We hae nae sowels. Fin we de on page 120

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - David, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, poetry
Heiven, yer servant's at the yett on page 13

1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
wps; wir mither an laddie fur heiven's sake no twa lue-seek bairns on page 81

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
an can tell ye o ferlies frae Heiven. A'm gangin hereawa thareawa on page 46
wi me. Seeminlie, he cam frae Heiven no lang syne, and he tellt me on page 48

8 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
hae ventered fae oor saicret heiven, on page 41

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
caresna whether I'm boond fir Heiven or Hell. on page 22
hae landit their ticket inti heiven. on page 23

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
obie! Ian! That's a sign frae heiven - weel duin son! Nou, gin Mc on page 60
nem, it wis sign strecht frae heiven. He'd pit the bus trip siller on page 61

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“A pray ti Heiven at shae isna,” sechtit Mirr
hiz hair an rowed hiz ein ti heiven in
2 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
an Willie Hershaw shaws us at heiven an hell ir closer on page 9

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
a quaet but pouerfu vyce frae heiven), shawin wha the murtherer is on page 138
dit bi an unco bouet. Whiles, heiven wul stap ben, dowsin the lich on page 139

3 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert A Fickle Nae Mair, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Yin gate gangs tae Heiven,
Dis your gate gang tae Heiven? A says;
2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ickin aboot. “Iskander, for heiven’s sake, dinna repeat nane o
ickin aboot. “Iskander, for heiven’s sake, dinna repeat nane o
oever - this wis a mine, for heiven’s sake. He glowert at Bill.
the path that led neither tae Heiven nor tae Hell bit tae Faerie.
4 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
e lochans and ither slivers o heiven, scaitered atween the upraise on page ix

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
howpfu, terrifee'd e'en nou o heiven. on page 20
Look app! E'en heiven's disappearin - on page 22
Lat heiven's licht skyre doon, on page 32
E'en in heiven. on page 50
gaird yird frae heiven on page 57
Also on pages 64
6 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
en, an nae sang, twa scraps o heiven, on page 40

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
gaeins, an thae tuik aiths bi heiven an yird an hell. And thae gie on page 14

2 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
tummlin doon fae heiven on page 17

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
crabbit, and honked tae high heiven. Fact, the best thing the bai on page 30

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
God's in his Heiven still. on page 19
James, Heiven's brocht ye hame safe ti me! on page 35

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
micht ein tak it tae geenipig heiven!" on page 79

1 matches

Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
tar faws, a sowl gangs up tae Heiven." on page 53

1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
ae come tae me; the Kingdom o Heiven is for sic as thir.’ (Matth
ht no hae been the Kìngdom o Heiven, but siccarlie pairts o my mi
eid itsel, has the Kìngdom o Heiven in Scots ever been ‘naurhau
3 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
Setterday breakfast heiven - hot buttered toast wi twa,(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
un sauls intil the Kindrick o Heiven. Lat’s devalna i howp, an g
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
dogs o heiven cuid stir up the De'il in hol on page 45

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
yer sïns, fer tha Kïngdom o Heiven ïs nearhan." Jhone ïs tha y on page 3
yer sïns, fer tha Kïngdom o Heiven haes cum nearhan ye." on page 4
ie glorie tae yer Faither ïn heiven. on page 5
, dïnnae sweer ava: ether bi heiven, fer ït ïs God's throne; or on page 6
Treysures ïn heiven on page 7
Also on pages 8, 9
54 matches

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