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Use in varieties of Scots

tamed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 5.7 0 19.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1511 0 2 1 0 1
Number of authors6 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of tamed 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

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
i you,' the tod said. 'I amna tamed.' on page 67
a flooer... I jalouse she has tamed me.' on page 68
it will be braw whan you hae tamed me! The corn, that is gowden on page 69
Sae the wee prince tamed the tod. An whan the oor o hi on page 70
yet ye are nocht, Naebody has tamed you, an ye haena tamed naebod on page 72
Also on pages 74, 82
9 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
flat sand, were tamed like the beach, then returned
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
y by human manipulation is it tamed; shackled back, neatly pruned
1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
will noo be tamed and laid tae rest, on page 29

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
will noo be tamed and laid tae rest on page 155

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
a stubborn rebel an canna be tamed (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
beist tamed on page 44

1 matches

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