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Use in varieties of Scots

auncient Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20 17.5 22.4 0 0 131.2 13.3
Number of occurrences6233 14 0 0 12 3
Number of authors24 18 1 3 2

Occurrences of auncient in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
An the bluid's auncient metals, scaudit iodine, on page 84

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
An auncient soond for auncient ears of watter flowin by, on page 17

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
Their auncient nems rolled aff yer tung lik on page 10

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
s on his flappers,-'"Mystery, auncient an modern, wi Seaography: the on page 44

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
On gaits wi auncient Calvaries, on page 112

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Auncient an roch as wis your Governal, on page 39

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
haur ye hae tae upbig yer ain auncient empire whither Rame, Carthage on page 54

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
n cam oot again, there wis an auncient leather pooch gruppit in the on page 42
Auncient tatties, a fooste scone, on page 133

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Grim emissary o some auncient god, on page 27
Gapin frae their auncient display cases, on page 49
That sang oor auncient forebears hairts aince stirre on page 86

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
the storms jyned haunds like auncient tales. on page 49

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
haur ye hae tae upbig yer ain auncient empire whither Rame, Carthage on page 54

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
howp o fendin allanerly thair auncient graith, on page 87

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
whaur water rins ower auncient on page 33

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
We Makars frae the auncient aige on page 30
he Yett o the Sin, Bagdad, in auncient times on page 31

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 73 - Wrack, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
e earth recesses, chauntan th'auncient hymn on page 77

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
n til the scuil in the firm's auncient Bedford larry and dumped in t on page 95

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Abune an auncient gushet whaur an artist tries on page 117

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
obbery / wi' violence, an the auncient anonymous vairse frae aboot 1 on page 123

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
feirt fur hir lyfe. Than ane auncient wie wyfie
m ti follae him. Up throu the auncient yetts an
lik ane auncient Norman barron fair maks the b
the cauf-grun o jauss an the auncient Scotch
4 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
pit faur aff in the kinrick o auncient myth. This is eleevan fowk on
tland up wi aw the airts frae auncient Greece tae modren Quebec, and
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
the earth tae gie witness tae auncient life in the strath. Viking pl
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
guslie Park in Paisley, in an auncient pile somewhaurs in the NE o S
the siller, she awns the said auncient pile tho Phil believes that n
2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Boswell’s Coort, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
is up thair yet, melled wi auncient stour
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ooto mynd. An mair, that the auncient Druid circle o Tomnaverie gua on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
ns in the lang historie o the auncient kirk. on page 12

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
arpet, ower in a far neuk, an auncient teddy bear fizzled him wi a g
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ipped throwoot the hale o the auncient warld, bi Celt an Roman alike
at sat astride the back o the auncient shelt, an winneret if like Jo
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
i its parks an its wynds, its auncient university, its high-rise big
ecutive eyrie lookin ower the auncient quarry, video-conferencin fow
n's anatomy theatre ahint the auncient cathedral. A steer o fowk hid
wis wintin. Septiles hid the auncient spikk o their forefolk, the h
ns an eemages frae the Yird's auncient past – bit fit aa yon wis a
8 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
I'm tellt the auncient Celts collectit heids on page 142

2 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
eistem, is that owresettins o auncient Chinese poems inti modren pho on page 34

5 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
this museum: takkin juist the auncient ceivilisations that kythe, Ir on page 5

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ll ken this, bot thar’s ane auncient auld cairt road, frae Howpasl
l the Royal Commission on the Auncient
thay treis ir remnants o the auncient
r yae tyme State Leid and oor auncient tradeetional Border Lallans T
4 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Was it a clipperin cuttie fae auncient times on page 20
An maks his auncient thythm dirl on page 33

2 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
A bit o auncient Greek #UlsterScots fae the ma (2015) twitter link

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