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Use in varieties of Scots

cran Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 8.2 0 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences1816 0 0 0 1 1
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of cran in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Noo ah retour, lik a cran frae oot the east, on page 15

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Tummle the cran in the sea!" cried the Mock T on page 44

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
E FINNESTON GRAN O Finnieston Cran on page 77

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
A Cran for Grannie on page 69
-up, Mr Kranky telephoned the Cran Company and spiered them tae on page 70
e were twa men inside it. The cran men sclimmed up on tae the ro on page 71

6 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
snashers, an the lang-nebbed cran, on page 32

1 matches

solonggaybowser Merlin's Bairns, (archiveofourown.org 2020) Central, prose
"Dinnae hark him, Cran-Cran! Ye'r the anely ane that kin
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
A singil cran flies late ti reist.
1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
"This is a cantilever, an the cran' its oor here." on page 43

1 matches

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