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Use in varieties of Scots

cowld Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.5 0 0 347.8 69.7 10.3 22.1
Number of occurrences530 0 35 12 1 5
Number of authors22 13 7 1 1

Occurrences of cowld in Corpus

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Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The stone closset is middlin cowld. on page 15
I feel the cowld water engulf me, on page 16

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ir hand, Lass, hid's freezing cowld. Here, wrap me shawl about yo on page 20

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I sprayed him wi cowld watter then I pat him oot tae on page 13
"Ah'm seek o bein cowld and weet! I want a holiday'. on page 20
I visit no cowld, lonely graveyard Wi posies t on page 67
noses, runnan eyes - septic cowld-sores, reed, chapped thighs. on page 75
ile your tatties and mince go cowld on page 84

6 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
cowld maet, soft on page 9

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ower the familiar cowld, on page 22

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
In fae the cowld on page 23
Cowld when it should be warman on page 65

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
an intae the scullery on the cowld stone floor on page 35
fingers nail cowld fae the icy watter in the buc on page 117

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Fur a cowld damp bade. on page 45
Scrabblan oan the cowld white porshalin on page 148

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
beside the cowld blue-black sea. on page 26
till the cowld made is shift. on page 27

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Cowld runnan water in a Belfast sin on page 42

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
need warmed up. Hids bitterly cowld on page 32
bitter cowld bitan shooers. on page 95

2 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Cowld weet grund on page 93
Nail Cowld on page 136

2 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
in the 'head chop-er-off-er'; cowld and very scarey. on page 29

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
function going way beyond the cowld, formal ‘you’ and ‘your
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
nse wae clay. It’s weet and cowld, and, as a neebor remarked ta
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
hope ye’ll mibby brave the cowld waather and dae the same yers
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
an rain, howlan wind, freezan cowld. Nane o it bothered them much
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
on sheu haed been waitan on a cowld, herd dyke aal day, fur neith
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
drink. Ye cheust don’t get cowld waathir like that any more.â€
why this current spell o deep cowld is profoundly reassuran and w
Sheep can stand any amount o cowld, as long as they are dry. Wee
3 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
keepan oot the cowld an the howlan gale
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
wi cowld. on page 21

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
t at shö wid get her daeth o cowld if shö didna get dry aafil s on page 26

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
hovel. Hit wis still weet an cowld fae winter. He wid a laekit a on page 9

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
up, tellin her I wis gotten a cowld. It wis six weeks later, on d on page 20
ur he wis been lost oot in da cowld, an shü wis rescued him. Jan on page 25
ent. Although tt wis a dreich cowld March day, dey wir a glow on on page 93

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
a line cowld enyoch ta stivven on page 38

1 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
he set his twa cowld feet, een on da first swill
Wi da dark cam da cowld, aabody happit up in whit cla
2 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
Noo dey stand tall but cowld,
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Da cowld juist maks gettin oot o bed d(2021) search twitter
d bag when I got hom. Noo I'm cowld ageen ?? #scatterbrainproblem(2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
fact, Ah didnae ken that cats cowld grin." on page 58

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
e wits restored with shock oo cowld on page 48
Mae bodies weak an cowld richt thra on page 49
Mae body shock wi freezin cowld on page 50

5 matches

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