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The word 'weavin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
weavinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.43415
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 74.3 7 2
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 22.6 17 5
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 weavin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a sexy belly duncer appeart, weavin in an oot the tables - aa ha on page 15
e girse park aside the hoose, weavin his wye atween the numbered l on page 93

2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
In Harris they're weavin it on page 195

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
. Efter a gid five minutes ae weavin in between the hustle and bus on page 172

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Weavin a faur mair magical canvas, on page 61

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
weavin, finishin. on page 23
weavin, finishin. on page 24

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tae get jobs at the hand-loom weavin, which wis whit maist fowk ar on page 62
On he went, weavin his wey thru the auld flat gr on page 65
o the graveyaird. On he went, weavin his wey thru the auld flat gr on page 68
, an turnit tae the hand-loom weavin tae earn a crust. He'd likely on page 111
An weavin at this low degree on page 114

5 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Yon days o damask, o weavin threid, on page 18

2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
in it, like a wee trim Buddha weavin fae side tae side, glowin, th on page 3

1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
ma novel. Micht bi guilty ae weavin atween thi Scots an Inglis at (2021) twitter link

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
o claith frae his guidwife's weavin ower tae Strathaven on the Mo on page 24

1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Washin, weavin, helpin mither. on page 10

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
twal weird wummen cam tae the weavin shed, an windit a loom o spea on page 14

4 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
llin o the claith o their ain weavin. Whyles these sangs telt stor on page 62

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
e-haw. Jist the twa jouksters weavin awa like there wis guids galo on page 60

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
THE WEAVIN CONTEST
steyed a lass whase skill in weavin wis unmatched by ony ither mo
alent!” spat Arachne. “Ma weavin is better than the goddess At
wis the godddess o war, forby weavin, an wis ayewis up for a fecht
w, but wha tellt her story by weavin it in claith. As she sat in t
10 matches

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