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Use in varieties of Scots

mettle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.2 3.7 1.6 0 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences107 1 0 0 0 2
Number of authors7 5 1 1

Occurrences of mettle in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ou left tae itsel, an he took mettle tae speir the king a favour: on page 38
ng time. I felt he wis takkin mettle bit by bit. on page 84

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n keen tae wark an show their mettle .. . That's why we were bless on page 75

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
here that Wallace showed his mettle. Like monie Scots he hatit th on page 22
They didn't ken the mettle o their man. Davie Gray wuid on page 87

2 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Feart, blate, an yet wi mettle muntin on page 117

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
merón’s new govrenment’s mettle. Wull he risk a strauchle on
1 matches

Doric

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Wi a pir o win were in fine mettle,
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he wechtie curtains alang the mettle rails, forgittin aboot the dr on page 1

2 matches

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