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Use in varieties of Scots

stray Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 4.6 10.6 19.9 40.7 0 17.7
Number of occurrences299 7 2 7 0 4
Number of authors22 7 6 2 3 4

Occurrences of stray in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Ae drouthy fox did chance tae stray on page 10

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
mon sense, frae whilk I'll no stray. on page 66

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
yi stray, on page 21

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ff. Sandra wis oot huntin fur stray Bart's bottles she could sell on page 9
ay. Ah scribble it doon oan a stray receipt and see hur oot. Ah s on page 48
doon the golf course tae find stray baws in the river tae sell ba on page 49

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
yd, raxin doon an heistin the stray up intae her airms. ‘Och. I
1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s an wee yins, aa lookin like stray dugs. A wummin wi an airmband
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an stray dogs, howlin in a pack,
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
g eenin streeks oot tae You a stray dug glisks at me tomataes fit on page 3

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eit a cood see weis bayl's a stray. Nay tattie's? Nay neep's? Fi on page 31

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
idea!" said Stevie jist as a stray dug siddenly appeart fae a si on page 60

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n awa easier….like pettin a stray dug, syne turning it aff tae
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
All this, though, is tae stray fae the point. Whit matters i
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
, an keepit an open hoose fur stray nieces an nephews fa he lat b
1 matches

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lan nithin' worse in a puckly stray hairs in yer mooth efter a pi(2015) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
eifer noo can on your neebour stray, on page 87

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and tasty morsels, spill from stray baskets. on page 60

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
he got wis da freendship o da stray dugs dat cam ta spaek. Dis pà on page 125

1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
Punds, kerryin a meshie foo o stray upo his back,
k I could hae some o yon fine stray ta bigg a peerie hoose wi?"
ockit on da door o da hoose o stray.
in an blaain, till da hoose o stray fell doon aboot da aert an da
4 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
an we keep him? I tink he's a stray.'
see if onybody is handed in a stray cat. Your faider is checkin d
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
as it. The sound had tae be a stray cat. She pullt the wechtie cu on page 30

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An bewaur whaur ye dander an stray; on page 9

1 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
o much as an owl wumman wae a stray erse. on page 32

1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
ever forget no matter where I stray
1 matches

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