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clood Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.8 24.7 30.1 29.8 52.3 0 26.6
Number of occurrences8648 20 3 9 0 6
Number of authors32 15 6 2 7 2

Occurrences of clood in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
tree or a hoose or a clood, she jist saw shade and licht on page 8

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
storm-clood blears the muin's licht gowd on page 42
But nou a dreidfu stairm-clood stours on page 64
Ye soond like ye swallaed a clood. on page 66
No the gey scug o a switherin clood, on page 100
a kist, the braw parauds that clood on page 101

10 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
gshan early, a hunder miles o clood, on page 17
O! Lyk the morning clood wis gane - on page 31

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
sae onythin gaes, in a clood o contermacious temerity on page 5

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
in ablo clood-happit Criffel, on page 31

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
nd. 'Goustie, an wi saft grey clood massin oan the firth.' on page 14

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
on the sunset like strands o clood abuin the west. Still dreams. on page ix
Wi its secrets frae the Oort Clood or mebbe Kilmarnock. on page 118
A great gray figure in the clood wrack beckons still. on page 127
Early in the year 2020, thon clood-man cam, on page 129

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
osans appeared like a thunner clood in the sky abinn his heid. Th on page 29

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ller linin had a muckle bleck clood cleikit tae it. Oh ay, an a v on page 16

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
71 billion year syne a muckle clood o cosmic gas gaithert in tich
ayont its gird intae the Oort Clood.
il warld is happit in a thick clood o sulphurous poushion that ma
or antrin cheils fae the Oort Clood, shifts Kuiper Belt cheils an
The Oort Clood
9 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - I am the Lass, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
I am the clood up in the sky, the clod,
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
t, rose up again, gaed ahin a clood an burstit in licht. If we ca
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
fentest fuff o clood spylt the perfecktion o the l
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
owards Arachne’s hoose on a clood. Arachne invitit the auld wum
back tae Moont Olympus on her clood.
re the goddess cud summon her clood again, Arachne lowped up fae
t heidlang intae the sea in a clood o brukken feathers.
e stepped ontae her Invisible Clood an dandered doon tae Earth ta
8 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ried Bai-Yun an Wu-Yun, Black Clood an White Clood, tellin names
an White Clood, tellin names in an arid lan.
an leukit awa intae the laich clood that hid the surroondin munta
3 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
tory or poem - or mak a word clood: https://t.co/3DMxwMpRuo http (2017) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
t hae lichted on a wee wisp o clood, lik stame comin oot a kettle on page 40

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
had poored oot a muckle blaik clood. A blackie wis singin her hym on page 53

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hiss an a splooter an a great clood o rik. on page 7
te dee." Roy fun a big, black clood appearin abeen his heid. "An on page 84
often fir the better - ilky clood hid a silver linin an ilky ge on page 95

3 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n aboot. As he wis spikkin, a clood cam an keess a shadda ower th on page 96
o Man will appear, comin in a clood wi muckle pooer an glory. Fan on page 115

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ice list an floatin awa oan a clood o black lace. on page 30

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Weel on i'wie, his heid in i'clood on page 145
Black clood ower ma heid on page 166

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
et gleamin Rolls Royce Siller Clood (Or maybe Ah should say Silve on page 105

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Gran is the day. nae a clood in sicht.
. The sky wis fer blue, nae a clood tae be seen, the
clood. Jonsar jist sat doon an wait
whack. He disappeared intae a clood o
4 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
On clood nine yet! Fair tricket that B (2020) twitter link
@ionafyfe Jist a low fleein clood! (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
y can. An the yotun's wind an clood an Lights is a brutal wheel b on page 157

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
r hid aal is a peenk pillowed clood. on page 17

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
lue-grey sky wi saft layers o clood, an a brief wash o pink whan
1 matches

Shetland

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
shooer-toarn clood ower Fitful Head on page 11

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ö wi you. Your love is lik a clood i da forenön or lik da dew - on page 67

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
s da mune cam oot fae ahint a clood shü cood mak oot da peerie l on page 29

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
en, crexin an hostin, ithin a clood o reek an ess. Sheltie Prattl on page 35

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Gaet-markers, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
clood. Or, at sea, whan hoops draps
1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
n traetnin, sam as da thunder clood sets up, ready ta brak.
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
a grund, adding tae da frosty clood dat wis forming afore John.
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
Sae sed shui; an clood-hentin Zeus gae answer:
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Belyve, tha mune keeked fae a clood on page 17

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ill taakin, whaniver a bricht clood cum roon thaim, an a voice fr on page 9
in. Whan Petèr wus taakin, a clood cum doon an the' wur loast ï on page 86
ee tha Sinn o Man cumin ïn a clood wi aa hïs pooer an muckle gl on page 106

5 matches

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