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Use in varieties of Scots

settan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 1 3 79.5 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences142 2 8 1 1 0
Number of authors10 1 1 6 1 1

Occurrences of settan in Corpus

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Central

Hardie, George Lallans 82 - As The White Swan Passes, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
that kens nae settan on page 14

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
w chairs, lik this ane Ah’m settan on.’
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
teer, a merry crew, Beneath e settan sun. on page 6
er heid on her han, watchan e settan sun, an thinkan o peedy Alice on page 120

2 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The horizon held the settan sun on page 28

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Wan day as he wis settan oot, a walk doon tae the shor on page 96

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The horizon held the settan sun on page 154

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
So, Ah’ll be settan oot shortly tae First Foot wa
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
r o bean inaathentic, fir yir settan the reuls o whit future aathe
1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
Settan doon a burden,
1 matches

Cowan, Fiona A Boreas domus mare amicus?, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney - Finstown, poetry
Six bonnie skiffs settan oot tae sail
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
o a day settan creels. on page 19

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Settan lik lairds oan their fancy ne on page 129

1 matches

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