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Use in varieties of Scots

swayin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.6 2.1 0 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences54 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors5 4 1

Occurrences of swayin in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ae a right. The PE teacher is swayin roon the ring tryin tae recov on page 46

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
h? Howie got up oan the brig, swayin, showin aff. on page 1

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e the days o his youth - his swayin had an odd look o the auld Pa on page 101

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
their barren, naked branches swayin in the cauld winter wind. It
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A saa a swayin thrissle: on page 17

1 matches

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