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Use in varieties of Scots

wolves Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 10.3 7.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2620 5 0 0 1 0
Number of authors10 6 3 1

Occurrences of wolves in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
itin fur the pack' ae circlin wolves tae attack. They're hesitant. on page 42

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'I ken ye've dealt wi wolves afore, on page 46

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
at ony books ye've got aboot wolves," Klaus said, "I'm aw aboot m on page 39
us got himsel twa-three aboot wolves, and Sunny fund a book wi hun on page 68
ll be pickin oot a book aboot wolves the day." on page 81

3 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ae wey. Ye're a sheep amangst wolves, on page 35

1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
t’s tae be duin? In a word: wolves.
line Glen anely a tad bigger. Wolves were huntit and aa wede awaa
aince there were nae packs o wolves schauchlin aroond the place t
to be pretty adaptable, when wolves are around, they’re more vi
on their taes these days. The wolves are aye thrang, nippin at the
13 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
painted metal was shaped like wolves and thorns that twisted roon
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
dilt as though they wur jeegs wolves fleetit doon frae the braes a on page 3

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
caal, aa Scotland's blackest wolves cwid be confrontit by 1 count on page 10

1 matches

Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
Flopsy went oot they met twa wolves wha seemed affy interested in
bonnie laddie and chased the wolves awa. Flopsy wis actually a pr
r in a wee cottage wi the twa wolves as their pets.
3 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Talkin aboot wolves, the laist wolf at wis seen i
1 matches

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