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romans Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 18.5 4.5 0 17.4 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4336 3 0 3 1 0
Number of authors16 11 3 1 1

Occurrences of romans 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

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
wi prehistoric folk, Pechts, Romans, Celts you name it. In the ne on page 77

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
because thon wis the nem the Romans gied them, suppositly fer the on page 97
things. The first is that the Romans were the first anes tae write on page 98

5 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Even thi Romans got lost in thi gloamin, on page 120

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Tacitus tells it oniewey, the Romans won. This wis the battle o Mo on page 13
ere here in Scotland when the Romans cam on their wee visit. The a on page 14
bide in Scotland an kept the Romans oot, but that's anither tale on page 75
a fancy til, an that even the Romans uised tae eat in vast quantit on page 98

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Thae Romans tried tae build-we built oors on page 40

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Dae ye ken aboot the Romans? They wes here in yin AD Mair on page 4
d 'Enough! Nae mair!' Bit the Romans wir that thrawn That they cou on page 5

3 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
The Romans on page 17
If the Romans haed fund the seecrit o Picti on page 18
dooked into chassis eftir the Romans, an aw douce an cliver things on page 19
The Romans at Caerlaverock on page 36

6 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
o Scotland fae the time o the Romans doun til AD 900. Moffat recko on page 110

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e Letter O Saint Paul Tae the Romans 10: 9-18 on page 97

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
d's wheisht history afore the Romans, throu tae the 1970s, an mony on page 130

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
dean People's Front anent the Romans, a bodie maun speir, whit hae on page 121

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
er Ares thair god o weir. The Romans equate Ares wi thair ain god
ryed efter the heid god o the Romans Jubiter or Jupiter. Jubiter i
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
is wark, an speakin anent the Romans o the first century AD, Boece
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
, in a sense, inventit bi the Romans. The Romans didnae get faur n
. The Romans didnae get faur north o Hadri
airdin it. Nou an again these Romans wad stravaig aboot Scotland w
n. The kenspeckle 9t Legion o Romans, wha haed shed bluid aa ower
The Romans biggit up the idea that Pecht
5 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
efter the term yaised by the Romans fur tae descrieve early Gaeli
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
hnson, oor ancestors gave the Romans sic a hard time that they pac(2021) search twitter

Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
An Romans focht wi paintet Picts,
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
The Romans focht at Bennachie gainst Cal
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
manScotland There wiz an affa Romans biding at Kintore for a while(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
his chance ta hae a go at da Romans as weel as da holy eans i da on page 145
Romans 8:31-9 on page 161
Romans 12:9-21 on page 163

3 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Noo tak the Romans it's they whae knew on page 24

1 matches

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