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dew Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 9.8 6 19.9 29.1 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences3319 4 2 5 2 1
Number of authors27 16 3 2 4 1 1

Occurrences of dew in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
An ower the dew-decked mairlan she sees the h on page 18

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
In leas sae bluitert up oan dew on page 64

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
me lowps. They rampled in the dew, they cowed up mooth-fous o t on page 6

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
thoot parasites and the cauld dew on page 66

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Fur ma heid is droukit wi dew, on page 10

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
in the flocked leaves in the dew-dipped year on page 178

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
As fresh as thi mornin dew in thi on page 100
fuck bein thi mornin dew in thi merry on page 101

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Whilst gleamin motes o dew alicht on page 121

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O kisses frail as dew; deid filter-tips on page 75

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Sorrow clings ti me like dew. on page 18

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
O kisses frail as dew, deid filter-tips on page 59

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
we fund him, stiff, an wet wi dew.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
r an bracken slick wae mornin dew. It sucks an slurps at ma adm
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
erfect wab, hingit wi beads o dew or frost an sperklin in the m
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
erty lowps. They rowed in the dew, they chackit moothfus o the
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
inert substances in mountain dew.”
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a beet wipin eer erse oan the dew (2021) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Weet is the dew at's on the grun,
Dew in the mornin, oot comes the
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
On the first o May, she rubs dew aff the grass on her face. I
1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
The Foggy dew...oooft (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
le he told, full-fed on honey-dew. on page 18

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
he diamonds that spark in the dew. I ken I wis loved bi an ange on page 67

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
clood i da forenön or lik da dew - hits shön gien. Nae maitt on page 67

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Der wirds is dew apö da speeder's wub: on page 21

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
da grund wid still be damp wi dew fae da night afore. Afore da
m on da grund ta check how da dew was doin an if da grund wis d
2 matches

Sinclair, Lise Fauld up da Feddoms, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, poetry
Laeves wis dew an staurs makkin new
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ss is droukit wi the back-end dew.
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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the bounless years lik mornin dew.
1 matches

Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
smell the earth as the mornin dew started tae fade away
1 matches

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