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The word 'windin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
windinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.23020
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 78.6 6 2
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 windin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah'm windin ye up! Ah'm jist anxious te s on page 50

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n in noo, than," said Ronnie, windin doon the winda an leukin up i on page 38

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
y each bucket fae up the lang windin steps for there wiz a thing t
roached fae the scullery by a windin stair. The room wisna big but
2 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
like a feather boa windin itsel aroon on page 44

1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
@shunad Nae windin’ up efter n a, ‘at wiz sic (2020)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
re wis me an Wee Shuggie up a windin wee road, miles frae onywhaur on page 19

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A shinin glint o windin Earn.
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
upport Rangers so ah'm always windin him up aboot his team gettin on page 34
boys in oor class are always windin her up an she pure cannae han on page 83
nt tae me an goes, If yi keep windin her up aboot it thir'll be na on page 169

3 matches

Dundee

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

2 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
it so ahm fairly sure she wis windin me up. on page 5

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
pots ay pink 'n purple wi ivy windin up past the windaes. Even tax on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
Windin throu Clarebrand an The Old B on page 10

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d roll o linen claith for his windin sheet, that ye maun be ready. on page 43
rsel in the lang-hained linen windin sheet, an buried later that n on page 47
meedow an pasture land on the windin holms an banks o the Watter o on page 48
were likewise daith-white as windin-sheets - were relieved tae b on page 53
nine martyrs. Dresse in their windin sheets, it wis easier tae lif on page 54

5 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Whase airms were windin sheets, on page 50

1 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
haun in yon god's haun, lang windin sheets constrictin aw her ste on page 55

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
wi ma windin sheet, yon oor he drooned on page 56

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
owden snake. She culd feel it windin hir haill bodie wi pride. Lic on page 14

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
rs doon daurk, smokey vennels windin, we reached the Jewish quarte on page 9

1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
s no Mr Gee - you're totally windin us up!"
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
irk. Ma een travellt doon the windin loanen, beyont the fish pond
1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Ain life's lang an windin road, bit ken weel as ye go. on page 18

1 matches

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