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Use in varieties of Scots

coarn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.7 2.5 0 0 197.6 0 53.1
Number of occurrences515 0 0 34 0 12
Number of authors13 1 8 4

Occurrences of coarn in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
- scents o gress, coarn, leaves scowdert in the midda
'But I hae tae get ma coarn in; it's been ower lang
on ken that he should get his coarn in and lea
rinnin on, and as his coarn widna gaither itsel, in the
f he gaed, lampin oot tae his coarn whaur it
5 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
nk I can mind feelin a peerie coarn different. But if A'm no da s on page 19
ill-naitered-wye, an walkit a coarn faster. on page 31
dey wid geng, an brook aff a coarn o da aedge wi every haand. on page 52
or shö wis startin ta feel a coarn nervees. on page 92
"Will du geng a coarn faster?" said a whiteen tae a on page 101
Also on pages 104
7 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
¶d Lattin aa dis fock hard dy coarn fir demsels. Du'll hae nane l on page 19
n iviry craetir in it; lat da coarn i da rigs sway wi glee; on page 42
If I dunna hae a coarn o care on page 165

8 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
tae dem, bit seein dey wir a coarn a drink involved eftirwards a on page 4
en hoose door, wi da bucket a coarn spülied aboot her, whin shü on page 5
Gude grant at shü cood get a coarn a rest," shü said ta hersel, on page 33
ll de what, ah'll haet up yun coarn a tattie soup fae yesterday, on page 53
rigs a tatties, an neeps, an coarn, an twa kye an dir calves, an on page 62

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
A sudden wind reeseled da coarn. on page 26

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
A coarn bides ithin slow motion on page 19

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
s is bein exploitit bi onli a coarn fokk at hadds pooer. Da langu on page 9

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
a coarn mair o dis or dat on page 30
a coarn straichter, on page 50
clootie böddie a coarn lichter, on page 68
for want o a coarn o ordinar care. on page 117

4 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
DAY. ‘Shö could ös a braa coarn o dat,’ Dodie said as he sp
1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
an a braa strug ta get baith coarn an tatties. We wir wrocht in
n da varg we were haein wi da coarn. It wis a braaly busy day, an
2 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
ta da yard we hurried, till a coarn skroo left ower fae last year
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
alang for a yarn an a peerie coarn tae aet. We ey watch whit we
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
jöst is weel is, an maybe a coarn mair is Mitten. So Smootie hi
1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@Hjetlandi have used coarn and skaar, but no puckle! it'(2018) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Amang the drookit coarn, hingin on page 23

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Hairt o Alban coarn. on page 6
Tha coarn stacks in tha fiels lang syne on page 15
On huts o coarn, on page 16
Nae sliders, pokes, nor coarn. on page 23
michael's mills had lang grun coarn, on page 27
Also on pages 45, 46
7 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
n tae pluck tha heids aff tha coarn an the' et thaim. * Whaniver on page 9
aers pluckt tha heids aff tha coarn tae eat, giein thaim a rub at on page 78

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Bot he seen she had a feed o coarn an a guid wee bed o straa. on page 4

1 matches

Fenton, James A' it taks, (Ullans Press 2000) Ulster, poetry
A stane-daked fiel o hutted coarn
1 matches

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