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snell Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.7 30.8 19.6 0 0 62 0
Number of occurrences7960 13 0 0 6 0
Number of authors40 34 4 4

Occurrences of snell in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
k o cheyns carried awa on the snell westlan wun on page 25

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
wunter seemed langer an mair snell nor ivver. on page 86

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the snell air that skelps ye and gies y on page 8
when yer first ootby in the snell mornin air on page 38
wi aw the snell win's toosie trimmins. on page 43
the snell wind is ma braith, on page 65
Shair, the wind wis snell an ma snottery neb wis Sairly 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
re were three months o harsh, snell frosts that froze the Ayr sol on page 56
deid o winter, wi the win set snell frae the nor-east, an the gru on page 70
ve. But in the deid o a lang, snell winter's nicht, wi her wee Ad on page 71
lass wis willin, an sae, ona snell Januar mornin juist twa days on page 80
ear on fower weeks nou o this snell wather, an by the luiks o it, on page 81

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
o the gloamin - the snell braith o green moss on page 83

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
I bydit a while, snell tho it wis up there, then it on page 78

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
like mines, ye huv tae be gey snell at arithmetic. Ah've practica on page 47
Miss Turnbull is awfie awfie snell if onybody gets oot o line in on page 63
d, and noo her voice wis mair snell. 'Eat anither slice! Dae whit on page 121

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Stair Park, a snell December efternuin, on page 195

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Sneukit, sleekit an snell on page 121

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Efter the snaw, there cam a snell wund that blew for days and d on page 45
The snell weather shawed nae signs o li on page 48
white wi snaw and the air wis snell and cauld. on page 63

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Snell Winters snaws are fled, leave on page 149

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
e had smelled afore. It wis a snell and beglamourin guff, shairp on page 33

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ep as a thochtfu winter blaw, snell but clean and shairp. on page ix

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Iona. (Tae Date Twa an aw snell) Oh - 'at's awfu funny. Ye'r on page 2

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
unds yin wi ither and swore a snell and siccar aith that they wid on page 29

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
thi snell dreipit wintir on page 67

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
In snell formaldehyde, in saut turns t on page 34
tae ding the sterns wi snell outpourin on page 41

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
and ken it's a snaw wind, yon snell hour afore the daw. Thon's th on page 47

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ylicht. It wis a braw, still, snell mornin wi the cranreuch silve on page 17

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Frae the Firth, a snell noreaster on page 112

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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
le the pupils were shriven by snell draughts. In the het o summer on page 37

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
', that he maun hiv felt fair snell in thae days. He seems tae ma
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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an a snell wund blawin throu Washington,
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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
while roon his heid a keen snell wund,
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
snell-lik.
wi’d. Ebenezer, wi a snell tuin, snashit at ‘m,
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
A snell bite thirlt throu the April a
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
An thon snell win wiz reevin ower the pack-
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
cuid bield yer bodie fae the snell bite o the cauld Ayrshire air
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
aunds, baws aye hingin in the snell nor’lin wind wi naething bu
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
happit in nap coats agin the snell winds, but still they gied us
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
cudna hae fun deavin fowk wi snell wunds like he did in winter.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Can tak nae mair snell
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
hint the windae gless for the snell wind tae bather him. He feels
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
eaves ae lady’s mantle, the snell breeze set quaking-grass tae
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McLachlan, Jack Glessheids maun wale guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate, (University of Maine 2019) Central - Ceres, prose
In snell, caulder airts that war recen
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an cooried thegither fae the snell cauld, spickin aboot thair pl
Hsien gied a snell lauch. “Sweethert,” he sa
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ans. It wis midwinter and the snell wind hud dug its icy claws in
ck gairden. It wis as if that snell wind hud finally caught up ta
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
n Lunnon in 1901. Leatham’s snell pen threaps that it maun be a
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
n defiance frae the 45% i the snell eftermath o the referendum: t
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ir canopy as defence agin the snell winds that skelp doon aff the
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Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
the snell air that skelps ye and gies y
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
u, walkin heid-doun intae the snell win, whaur twinty year syne,
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@jack_capener tweeted
The smell ae coal reek in the snell, sauty seaside air. https://t(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
an ging roon the backie, wi a snell wind blaain an the rain poori on page 75

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Win fae the North is mair an snell,
Affa cauld an affa snell I div say
North win his yon affa snell feel,
Thin an snell is the win fae the East,
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Win fae the Wast it is gey snell.
Sooth East win is a bittie snell,
in blaws for the day cauld an snell,
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
cud withstaun aathin frae the snell skelp o a doonpish in the yea
r meers' tails wheeped bi the snell win that walloped the waves u
ers hid gien wye tae dreidfae snell an oorie cauld. Ae wolf wad c
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
cused by the brilliance o the snell ice-een:
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
eirdich Wid wis shakkent bi a snell win that fussled an skirled a
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A snell wind blaws with cruel delight on page 15

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Could see a snell wuin yet blaw throu us, on page 212
Snell Winter's snaws are fled, leav on page 216

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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the snell mornin wund is souchin.
A snell wund gethers an fills
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Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
rashel tae tak a waucht o the snell air.
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