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Use in varieties of Scots

holl Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 2.6 9 0 40.7 0 0
Number of occurrences185 6 0 7 0 0
Number of authors6 1 1 4

Occurrences of holl in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
stance, sklimmed up intil hiz holl abuin, an eftir a wie kythit
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
a squar stane wi a nate roun holl
hae a cosie hidie-holl fur ye. Sae sup yeir tay an w
bed wes brocht ben the hydie-holl wi mich pechin an harlin. Tha
tatties, taid i the holl, links an champit tatties wi
4 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Doon e Rabbit-Holl on page 7
see id pop doon a beeg rabbit-holl under e hedge. on page 8
ge, no much beeger than a rat-holl: she bent doon an looked alon on page 11
A've got till watch iss moose-holl till Dinah comes back, an see on page 32
h A hedna gone doon at rabbit holl-an yit-an yit-id's rether str on page 33

6 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an touch da hert-holl at we tocht intact: on page 21
ta tize da hiddled hert-holl o da soup. on page 30
ida hert-holl o aathin. on page 65

3 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
roond, I hurries ta da hoidey holl. Not a human ta be seen. I ha
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
rsie is hibernatin in da hert-holl o a bonfire! We wir playin as
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ror as trows slippit intae da holl. Idders rushed tae grab dem b
1 matches

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