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Use in varieties of Scots

dun Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 16.4 4.5 9.9 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3832 3 1 0 2 0
Number of authors18 13 3 1 1

Occurrences of dun in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ruck it deep in the flank o a dun mare whase rider had a pistol on page 37

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
see the day yer lookin richt dun-in on page 43

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Their forefolk built the dun and founded Scotland on page 31

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ower in Kilmartin. Its cried Dun Ardifuir an is referrit tae i on page 31
an ower land. The thing aboot Dun Ardifuir, hooanivver, in the on page 32

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
A gray caul o a dun spirit. on page 138

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
t tae be sumthin ded bad ee'd dun. Wit lik raip ur murdur, said on page 41

3 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bi ilka broch an dun A swikkit daith on page 87

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
t an went hame Shuggie Tocher dun the same An’ Jazza goat an
looters fur a smoke A dug hid dun a great big smelly Thit fair
aul’ tinamint hoose The dug dun the shopin an’ kep the plac
amp A'm 'hinkin' mibbe ‘es dun it afore Insteed a' askin’
4 matches

Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
Yon warehoos gadgie in his dun
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
hrissiem18 Oh Ats BRAW!! Well dun!(2020) search twitter
tae aw Glesga folk who hudnae dun a hing tae him!(2020) search twitter
Mawnin pals! Good deed dun furra day! A save a big spide(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
@Blazespage S'aww dun wi mirrors?? (2022) twitter link
@archer_rs Whit hiv ye dun? ???? (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
in central Scotland, and huv dun maist eh my life (Wishae, Gal (2021) twitter link
shin! Yer a wee stoater, weil dun lassie. Hurs tae a next 250 ? (2021) twitter link
sicht, a feel yer pain. Have dun same tae my elbba. Sending bi (2022) twitter link
@ionafyfe Weil dun hen, chuffed fur ye ? (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
idge ower the river kwai n oo dun the bizzo there likes lol (2021) twitter link
usty amateur fitbaw brolly - dun the bizz brother lol (2020) twitter link
a seen ma tweets on here that dun the trick lol (2020) twitter link
hat wee pinkie laddie - hees dun it awe - n still playin at t (2021) twitter link
m the mitey spurs brother hae dun the bizz - gutted they stepp (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
"Eit's a great theing they'v dun ye know," "That's prettea goo on page 29

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
efternuin as weel? E maun hae dun, or did e gie ye a
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@Historic_Ally Hoose o Dun min(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
, me bonny young lass, you've dun nothing wrong. on page 21

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
cDiarmid's 'The Dark Whirling Dun' haedna happent by. For that on page 5

2 matches

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