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covenant Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.3 23.1 1.5 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4945 1 0 2 0 1
Number of authors13 10 1 1 1

Occurrences of covenant in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
The Solemn League and Covenant Now brings a smile, now bring on page 22
tae sign oot Solemn League an Covenant, an trick guid Christian men on page 24
the Lord, an a stalwart o the Covenant. on page 25
in furtherin the cause o the Covenant. That wanchancy ploy cam aboo on page 26
ers. For daurin tae sweir the Covenant, their richt airms were hacki on page 27
Also on pages 28, 29, 34, 40, 41, 47, 48, 51, 52, 54, 58, 59, 60, 66
24 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
oot o the Union, or Wanchancy Covenant, as anither freen o mine refe on page 17
Athin a year o the Wanchancy Covenant (a.k.a. The Treaty o Union) c on page 41
l an ruled that the Wanchancy Covenant had nae proveesions as tae th on page 43
e proveesions o the Wanchancy Covenant, fae near the verra day it wi on page 45
million, signit the Scottish Covenant cryin fer 'a Parliament with on page 52
Also on pages 71, 140
10 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
deid, peace then will be oor covenant. on page 35

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Fur the Covenant on page 38
he religious commissars o the Covenant, on page 46
It wad be like the ark o the covenant on page 77

3 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o a new farrant and ayelestan covenant. on page 97

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
the hinneren, twa kemps o the Covenant encoonter May, an tho thai wi on page 139

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
€™s say - throu the National Covenant wrutten in 1637, while doun i
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
€™s kent as the ‘Lion o the Covenant’ Gies ye a clue whit he wis

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
e wis kent as the 'Lion o the Covenant' which gies ye a clue. A wee

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tae me that the Leith Surgery covenant is in full swing, and they se
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
t 2million Scots tae sign the Covenant. Proper signatures - surely (2022) twitter link

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
wir fadders, mynin his haily covenant. on page 81

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
¶ whit is richt an A'll mak a covenant wi dee. Du sal hae dis laand on page 9
poored oot fir you is da new covenant in my blöd. D6 dis as you mi on page 143

2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha covenant o stane on page 33

1 matches

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