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Use in varieties of Scots

finn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.2 13.3 30.4 0 5.8 0 8.8
Number of occurrences4725 19 0 1 0 2
Number of authors12 7 3 1 2

Occurrences of finn in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
that helped her finn her feet, on page 6
ye'll finn nocht but a world fou o naeth on page 78
but ye better finn that tail on page 83

3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Ossianic lay tellin a story o Finn MacCuil an the Fiann. The ith on page 62

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
I'll finn anither! - 'T winna gar me g on page 45

2 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
er, he thocht. I'm no like ti finn a walthier wumman in the wide on page 42

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
it you tae Crete. There ye'll finn a muckle white buhl. It's oot on page 30

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e nae glisk o the Gaelic) can finn, amang mony ither braw screid on page 126

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
an appendix tae this buik, ye finn nearhaun as mony owersettins on page 109

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
I'll finn a wey tae gar the jillet ken on page 42

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
fu musardries o Bridie, at we finn in this buik. The dour an tra on page 127

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Swede, Finn or Norrowegian,
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
leids that it is necessar tae finn a new an innovative road tae
1 matches

Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
me she wis speaking to. That Finn is a big bairn – ha! No pun
peeved as well. It’s aw ‘Finn McCool this’, ‘Finn McCoo
McCool this’, ‘Finn McCool that’. Hardly a ment
Ever since he heard tell o’ Finn he was spoiling for a fight w
wee bit Fianna gold. But when Finn’s causeway came near all th
7 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
ine. "Foo I wish that I could finn her." on page 124

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
haim, an Ailice at linth cwid finn naethin better tae say nor "W on page 13
, an she wes fell chuff't tae finn at there wes a rael een, blee on page 14
es the maist lickly place tae finn een. on page 18
d roun the chaamer seekin tae finn ony watter tae jow ower him. on page 19
she turn't ower the blads tae finn some pairt at she cwid read, on page 20
Also on pages 23, 30, 34, 42, 43, 44, 48, 50, 74, 75
16 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
* Ken far tae finn information an get haud o sup
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
o God Minnie, or Jock Dow'll finn us an God kens fit he'll dee.
1 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Quhar did dey finn Flætt? on page 21

1 matches

Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
aed tae be shure at ye didnae finn at ye haed a sibness wi a bod
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
Wheeker! Thon cratur, Finn McCool gies his crack in daic (2015) twitter link

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