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Use in varieties of Scots

forlorn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.4 2 1.5 9.9 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences84 1 1 0 2 0
Number of authors7 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of forlorn in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
the bench up the brae, luckin forlorn doon the glen where the train on page 79

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e the maths lesson. He looked forlorn an Tam cud amaist feel sorry on page 43

1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
ion would take us beyond war. Forlorn hope. Still believe #Scottish (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
eth southgate he always hus a forlorn look oan his face - jist lik (2021) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
met him," the Gruffalo said, forlorn, on page 1

1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Lonely tulip aal forlorn on page 63

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
But noo, how sad forlorn on page 7
Noo shunned, alone, forlorn on page 34

2 matches

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