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Use in varieties of Scots

ebb Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 0.5 1.5 159 46.5 0 8.9
Number of occurrences281 1 16 8 0 2
Number of authors21 1 1 10 7 2

Occurrences of ebb in Corpus

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Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Canny in the ebb o life, wi sparkie ee on page 4

1 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
wl an jaw abeen't bit fan the ebb draiged it hine oot, an left on page 10

1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I heard the ebb and flow o idle chatter, on page 28

1 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
ran spoots and limpets in the ebb. on page 42

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fter tea tae git doon tae the ebb on page 65

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ebb o The Riv, Lurno o The Soond, on page 11

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The Snozack spurled aming the ebb on page 84
gentle slap o the ebb tide on page 149
I heard the ebb and flow o idle chatter on page 154

3 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Shags at the Ebb on page 136

1 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
for cockles in the Pierowall ebb. on page 29

1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
The tide will ebb afore shae’ll can tae go
1 matches

Flett, Alison Harbour, (Scottish Poetry Library 2004) Orkney, poetry
thi ebb an flo
1 matches

Cowan, Fiona A Boreas domus mare amicus?, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney - Finstown, poetry
Nee more bruck fae the ebb
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Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
the banks an than doon in the ebb wae a gully or sumin o' that
back like ony man doon in the ebb, an wak awa wae hid ower the
ak awa wae hid ower the slidy ebb steens an rocks, an than ower
3 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@George_NRBO A half 'oor o ebb and the steamer will work gra(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Ida ebb dey're ready wartin - is du on page 101

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Little Pony at Sarah fan i da ebb. He wis a special favourite, on page 25

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
moorit - dere, ithin da ebb-stanes, on page 33

1 matches

Tait, Christian Da Hegri, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
it for as lang as it taks ida ebb
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De Luca, Christine Love in a Caald Climate, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
da tang he tör fae da ebb
1 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
n fur da tide ta turn, fur da ebb ta come,
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Da big ebb danight and current events br(2020) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
y “dey’d geen tae da limpet ebb”, in reference to a poor fam(2018) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
product bes aa sichin a laigh ebb o' forderin hit's important a on page 66

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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
Ah leuked oot across the ebb toward the pencil-shapit Chai
1 matches

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