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The word 'smoor'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
smoorOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72820
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.7 14 10
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 111.2 8 5
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of smoor in Corpus

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Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
an the yellow stinkan smoor o him, his roots on page 23

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
A smoor o paets: a simmer foo on page 45
Whan wis da smaa smoor on page 96

2 matches

General Northern

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
aiks an rummels tapsalteerie. Smoor on page 82

1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
an nae braw jo near haund tae smoor the pain, on page 137

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
n, or anither flooer. Whan he smoor oot his lamp, he sends the fl on page 50
m needin tae liche my lamp an smoor it oot forby!' on page 52

4 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
but lang enough tae smoor the rank stink on page 90

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Gie me smeddum that ye cannae smoor, on page 105

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
smoor truth and televise their lies on page 77

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o ill til us here. They wadna smoor a doitit auld gomeril wi his on page 47

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Bothwell: dust aawey, smoor; horses huddled, on page 35

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
yrie bird that I aince luved, smoor their scunnersome wirds wi ye on page 108

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
pensells smoor the sun, ay, faes like fleein on page 31

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ckle flares shoots oot an wad smoor the hail o the Yird but for t
up stormy rid stour that can smoor hail pairts o the planet. The
2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ue is no English will try tae smoor
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
smoor her world in daurkness, while on page 20

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 82 - Caul Stane, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
in the smoor o memories, on page 24

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
SMOOR on page 38
Ah'll smoor it in shampoo an hoy it in wa on page 66
yer harns o the legends that smoor this place, that've growne ma on page 77

3 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
en we've too lang inhaled the smoor an the smog on page 43

1 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
A licht that winna smoor on page 67
This luve will smoor. on page 69

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Amang tha smoor an throuither things on page 21

1 matches

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