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Use in varieties of Scots

thraw Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 18 7.5 9.9 0 10.3 17.7
Number of occurrences4635 5 1 0 1 4
Number of authors30 20 5 1 1 3

Occurrences of thraw 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

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
dag. Thraw hape on page 44

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
t, stert snappin his fingirs, thraw wide his airms, boonce the ta on page 140

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
raison. Gin ye bade your fowk thraw themsels intae the sea, they on page 39

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Ay, an oo cuid thraw sticks in an see gin the bais on page 59

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Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
rheid; ma furst inklin iz tae thraw appen the door bit convenshun on page 81

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Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wrocht sair ti thraw thair share on page 129

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
He'l no fash for ye a thraw! on page 48

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
ne'er mair than a stanes thraw on page 20

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
, cruel men, an no sweirt tae thraw the neck o a hen or twa for t on page 58

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
she hid a nicht thraw at me. Ah suppose wan o' the on page 29
, she micht hae no hid sich a thraw at me if Ah hid only cam fae on page 31
m. Mind, if they cannae git a thraw at some stranger, they'll fec on page 32
h'd did wrang. She even hid a thraw at the weiy Ah made the beds. on page 36

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
d, 'hae magic pooers that can thraw the craiturs o this earth int on page 10

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Tae thraw some licht upon a path that f on page 73

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
and it goes oot for a thraw on page 3

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Shaw hou thae pluffins thraw the seed on page 3
ichtly his, clock key his tae thraw. on page 13
Upon a bawbee's thraw, peyed siller wins on page 31
Deid-thraw fed fousome on a fisher's lea on page 37
Tae thole anither thraw, the cave-heid far on page 45

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Or balconies fa oot o thraw, an indwallers maun wait on i on page 43

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
We'll thraw aff this wecht... on page 35

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Ti thole anither thraw, the cave-heid far on page 60

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
tae thraw a jew on page 25
wad hae hid tae thraw on page 42
They wad thraw oot that auld slab on page 77

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
hat maks a breenge at it will thraw up craters that we can see ta
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
awthin. Pure millions, it is. Thraw in a hantle o oor ither Scots
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
These are magic luve aipples. Thraw ane afore Atalanta as she rin
Dinna waste this ane, mortal! Thraw it tae the side, faurer awa.
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
man yaised his ither haun tae thraw Hsien’s lug. Hsien stuid up
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
reservation o Scots. It’s a thraw back tae the sixteenth centur
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
nou fowk doss doon clinkers A thraw thaim back aw A ivver ettled on page 3

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
A hiv it yet an canna thraw it oot.
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
un fer fyte, aye a motor cood thraw,
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TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
Wi sic a weirdfu thraw in life ah ootriggit masel up
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Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
ae ma granny’s, swith, an I thraw ma erms roon her.
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I thraw yir scrawny owld neck on page 144

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
they thraw the seeds of dockens in ma co on page 129

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Tha thraw amang tha follaers o Jesus on page 107

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
tha stannin o leids thair's a thraw agin ower tha hale warl, tha on page 17

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Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
irie,” Dorothy wis richt an thraw. “We aa gaes whaur we chuis
1 matches

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