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The word 'hivvens'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hivvensOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.6157
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 29.4 9 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 32.8 3 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
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)
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 hivvens in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
"Oh hivvens! Oh help! Tell me it's no... on page 13

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
, Jesus cam oot o e watter, e hivvens opent an e speerit o God cam on page 9
o wir God, e mornin sin i the hivvens will reese up on hiz tae shee on page 81
tised tee an wis prayin fan e hivvens opent an e Haily Speerit cam on page 84
a fishies he leukit up till e hivvens an blist them an breuk them a on page 95
muckle as lift his een 'tae e hivvens, bit clappit himsel upo e bre on page 110
Also on pages 115
6 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
ve League, wi Castor Ile, and hivvens kens whit aa else concoctions
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ket’s dowp, an up intae the hivvens it gaed wi Kirsty the coo ins
lowerin at a new sicht in the hivvens - Kirsty the Coo wallopin ab
2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
prood an heich pyntin ti the hivvens lik ti say 'Ablow me ligs a b on page 40

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
'Hivvens!' Ah said. 'An the second tim on page 38

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
its sang aa the fyle. "Gweed hivvens abeen," thocht Fergie. "Is aa on page 27

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
the kirk spire, an up tae the hivvens above.' on page 118

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e ramshackle stairway tae the hivvens.
1 matches

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