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Use in varieties of Scots

waal Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 0.5 1.5 109.3 5.8 113.7 101.8
Number of occurrences481 1 11 1 11 23
Number of authors15 1 1 7 1 2 3

Occurrences of waal 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

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
waal o leevin water on page 9

1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
purgies were chirpin roon the waal in the middle o the quad, an on page 53

1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the film possters oan Noah's waal, on page 25
he steps oot o the waal, growlan: on page 26

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nnan watter in the hoose, the waal in a field past the post offe on page 35
Ahll fly tae the waal an sit an stare on page 142

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The slaetero's oan the waal o the hoose on page 148

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The watter fresh fae the waal. on page 58

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a globe, burd posters on the waal on page 42

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
is noo sittan on his gairdeen waal. He wis sure it wis the same
asy sleep, but the cat on the waal ootside wis showan no sign o
mer fower, whar he sat on the waal nixt tae the cat. He didna lu
3 matches

Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
hit he nearly drove intae the waal.
1 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Sang Oda Post War Exiles, (Shetland For Wirds 2003) Shetland, poetry
ired o kerrying watter fae da waal.
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ersel fa'in doon an awfy deep waal. on page 8
a; an they bade at th fit o a waal-" on page 72
an draw watter oot o a watter-waal," said th Hatter; "so Ah shou on page 73

10 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
bettermaist waal i the waittergate.
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he distempered flouers on the waal an prippin ilka square o clea on page 3
flitted tae tither side o the waal. As far as Maisie cud tell, t on page 24
nt it, She cudnae see the oul waal on this wild January nicht, b on page 28
suspended frae the bak waal. "Why I iver mairied thon gui on page 31
b that had bin heuked tae the waal was noo sittin near the lavat on page 32
Also on pages 41, 43, 47, 48, 50, 51
18 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
finitely wur getting the same waal tay waal coverage the same as on page 46

2 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
STANE WAAL on page 35

3 matches

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