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Use in varieties of Scots

arra Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 15.4 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3330 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors12 10 1 1

Occurrences of arra in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
frae ma aix? Wad I dee wi an arra i ma thrapple afore I could e on page 55

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
heid-snedder gaed aff like an arra. on page 44

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ine unnerneath hud been a wee arra pintin left afore the plastic on page 1

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
an arra-heid o soviet bombers on page 10

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
your juidgment's stracht's an arra. on page 15
as he drave, een swift as an arra, on page 35

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
arra prints dumfooner, directionle on page 112

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Turned tae shoot yin last arra intae tha thrang. on page 22

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ts in a fecht and tae fire an arra through the air and tae ride on page 2
s glaikit enough tae shoot an arra at it, Artemis had let it be on page 14
d faster than the stag wis an arra. Hercules had nae choice. on page 15
lay on the grund, each wi an arra through its hert. on page 29
n a crabbit mood, he fired an arra up at Helios, the god o the s on page 42
Also on pages 43
11 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
A vizzy ma lang arra, see, an shuit the Wowf o the on page 27

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the waw, ShITE OFFICE wae an arra pointin taewards a stairwell.
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
me, “can rin faster than an arra.”
ed them aw. Whan Eros shot an arra fae ahint Atalanta, she ran o
o fowk aff. But no the puir, arra-stickit lads that were in luv
med at her a mega-muckle luve arra; it wis that big he cudna fit
hauns. Wheech! went Eros’s arra, heidin strecht for Atalanta
8 matches

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
o. Weel Cupid an his bow an arra struck fin Jake wis a young g
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the bow an arra hid got his aim richt and, hi
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
he executioner tuk aff lik an arra. on page 87

1 matches

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