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Use in varieties of Scots

calmed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 5.3 3.2 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1310 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors11 8 2 1

Occurrences of calmed in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ntins didna mak her feart. It calmed her that they were there, ali on page 11

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Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
when he'd calmed doon. A gaun aboot laddie. Ye on page 18

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ns the hing she seems tae huv calmed doon and even oaffers me a sm on page 37

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thi rooks huv calmed rite doon on page 32

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
?' But efter a wee while, she calmed doon. And by denner me, she w on page 104

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
that wes fleggit an feart wes calmed doun wi the sayin, "Wheesht y on page 10

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
that got in his wey. When he calmed doon, he saw Megara, his wife on page 3

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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
other scuffle at the van’s calmed doon an the two currant buns
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e’d lost his audience an’ calmed doon.
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
eased its bangin 'n' mah mynd calmed tis storm. Kip finally threat
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Doric

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ound. As he groaned he slowly calmed his breathin doon and found i
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@Franwella tweeted
‘is mornin!! Still noo I’ve calmed doon, in th gran’ scheme o’(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
taen him doonstairs whaur he calmed a wee an says he couldnae sle on page 14

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