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gavin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 10.3 36.2 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4420 24 0 0 0 0
Number of authors14 11 3

Occurrences of gavin in Corpus

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Central

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
he doyen o Scots owersetters, Gavin Douglas, an his Aeneid. Aa he on page ix

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
n series o linguistic essays, Gavin Falconer luiks at Scots an Mi on page 5

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
whilk wes Gavin Douglas an the Eneados. The o on page 7
hoes in the contreibutiouns o Gavin Sprott, an we ir brocht up-ti on page 9

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n wha compilit a glossary tae Gavin Douglas's Aeneid and tae Sir on page 14

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
efter thon, the neist is fae Gavin Douglas’s Aeneid (1513). â€
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
s we can see wi, for example, Gavin Douglas's "Aeneid" hivin been
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Arthur Argo, great-grandson o Gavin Greig. It is guid tae see the
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ence’ as in Laitin – whit Gavin Douglas cried ‘fowth o lang
archaisers follaein Spenser. Gavin Douglas is a lane memmer in S
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
at dirk(ness) wis the chyce o Gavin Douglas an William Dunbar, it
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a coonter strain, frae Bishop Gavin Douglas, e’en thro Fergusso
aes had this uiss frae Bishop Gavin Douglas’ 16th century versi
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t Henryson, William Dunbar an Gavin Douglas wrate the maist weel-
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
me o Robert Burns. A tenant o Gavin Hamilton the lawyer, an fermi
he’s gey sib wi Tam Samson, Gavin Trimmle, the Parker brithers,
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
ened the fridge and there wis Gavin Williamson.(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
@jammach Gavin, I lost ma job/career as a pr(2021) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
eenits or Sandy mummelt, 'Noo Gavin, lat's see fit ee hiv ti say. on page 54

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Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
anither pairt o the laan, by Gavin Stevenson, gies a rare acoont on page 37

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
d glaisses an said: "Thon wis Gavin. Gypit Gavin, they ca him. An on page 14
Ay, the Hun bombardments took Gavin oot o this warld as sure as i on page 15
"An Gavin?" Ah speirt. on page 16
oody war. I know you all like Gavin Smith, but cowardice is cowar on page 17
"Gavin wis at the ploo doon bi the r on page 18
Also on pages 19
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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
t Henryson, Walter Kennedy an Gavin Douglas. Indeed, he kent mair
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