sayan | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 12.8 | 0 | 27.1 | 228.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 41 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 11 | 2 | 9 |
Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
get rether sleepy, an went on sayan till hersel, in a dreamy sort on page 10
ans on her lap as if she were sayan lessons, an began till repeat on page 18
ir puttan their heids doon an sayan 'Come up again, dear!' A'll o on page 19
solemnly presented e thimble, sayan "We beg yer acceptance o iss on page 26
wld Crab took e opportunity o sayan till her douchter "Ah, ma dea on page 29
Also on pages 32, 36, 43, 50, 53, 60, 63, 69, 82, 92, 100
17 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
or. Abasht, sheu blethers on, sayan hoo hid's gey bonnie here, ho on page 75
tell, fer I canno thole fock sayan Am gyte." Her een is weet. on page 96
Astrid plays the dour local, sayan notheen, turnan awey, an noo on page 138
3 matches
Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Whit ye sayan?' on page 7
1 matches
Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e wur standan in the Kirkyard sayan cheerio all ! could hear wis on page 33
1 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Smokan and sayan notheen. 'That's a good crop. on page 72
1 matches
Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
yamils sayan hii! Mak use o yer legs on page 18
2 matches
Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
eard a North Isles bus driver sayan tae an owld wife, ‘On thu c
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
a peedie bit o whit they were sayan.
l gets so confusan if we keep sayan ‘You-Ken-Whar’.’ Ah’m
een any reason tae be feart o sayan Voldemort’s neem.’
ot. You ken whit everyone’s sayan? Aboot why he disappeared? An
whitivver ‘ivrybuddy’ wis sayan, sheu wisno gaan tae believe
8 matches
Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
sayan: Whit waether, min, whit waet
1 matches
Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
can jist hear yin teachar aye sayan,
1 matches