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Use in varieties of Scots

shield Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.6 12.1 1.5 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2824 1 1 0 1 1
Number of authors18 14 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of shield in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
n re-checked the straps on ma shield, gied the blade o ma aix a qu on page 56
happened ava. I gaed in wi ma shield aheid o ma face, an ma aix sw on page 58
ckin law an lowpin hie - his shield like a waw, his swuird like a on page 59

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
kiverin wi breuken shield his kist's remains, on page 37

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
We cannae aye shield fae an jouk fae the shame on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
whaur they micht be held. Tae shield himsel frae suspicion, he tel on page 28
e daein wi a guid coverin tae shield the grun. Gin we get nae snaw on page 81

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Bield frae a shield, on page 14

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ae the wee mirror oan the sun-shield, an Iona stirs in the back, t on page 3

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
de, she had tae blenk hard an shield her een. The holo-exit wis in on page 8

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
A yett o airn can shield tho hashie winds on page 32

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Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
he skelped his spear aff his shield in its licht. on page 22

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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
gainin a big wun at the Green Shield Stamps (the 60s equeevalent o
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Openin the curtain wide, ah shield ma eyes fae the daylight an s
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
k his cap aff an is tryin tae shield his lighter wae it, haudin it
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
a mask hursel, and a plastic shield ower hur face.
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
alator and use him as a human shield. The poor guy goat absolutely
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Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
shield authority by claiming
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
alator and use him as a human shield. The poor guy goat totally sh
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
cardigan roon aboot er like a shield an gaed spangin ben the haall on page 60

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
West, to buffer the worst and shield the on page 61

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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
dae naething ti shield s frae the sun. on page 36

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Ulster

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