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Use in varieties of Scots

laeve Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 0.5 0 19.9 203.4 0 0
Number of occurrences381 0 2 35 0 0
Number of authors13 1 2 10

Occurrences of laeve in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The laeve o's life the pluchie's life f on page 72

1 matches

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Laeve aff me, hid's no yurs tae luk on page 15

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
then hid'il be a struggle tae laeve. on page 69

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
glivs an wis juist gyaain ta laeve da room, whin her ee fell apo on page 34
a snake!" said Alice, tirn. "Laeve me alen!" on page 53
r twa: wid it no be murder ta laeve it ahint me?" shö said da hi on page 62
's no richt," said da Keeng: "laeve oot dat pairt." on page 114
abody mair as a mile high man laeve da coort." on page 119

5 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
da Göd Man said ta Abraham, 'Laeve dis place whaar du's bidin wi on page 9
an a time fir dem ta laeve. on page 51
canna turn my face fae you an laeve you in a warsel. Am ower saft on page 69
dem, whit wid you do? You wid laeve da rest an geng an seek fir d on page 121
der', he said, 'wan day du'll laeve dis laand fir me ta share wi on page 123
Also on pages 141, 166
7 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
dly mind mysel. Dunna axe me. Laeve me. I hae no time fir dy wilt on page 26
d demmel foo o eenwattir, but laeve her glunta-flesh unspret? Cas on page 32

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
nae relative gyaain ta dee an laeve me ... oh. My God, shüs deid on page 22
Aa too shune shü hedd ta laeve her beloved Lucky, bit shü f on page 31
"If du daars ta laeve dis hoose ..." her faider roa on page 34
n is gyaain, I tink du better laeve afore du says ony mair. Oh, a on page 40
true. "Did du nivver tink ta laeve? Even come hom wi da boys, re on page 49
Also on pages 91
6 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Eemis Stane 1 - Dance o da Selkies, (Eemis Stane 2022) Shetland, poetry
As we laeve da pile o silvery skeens on page 14

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
is shö frets da skyline; laeve her dere, on page 38
so as no ta laeve hit black fantin on page 117

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
APÖN YOUR LEGS, hit said, AN LAEVE HIT FOR FIVE MEENITS. Dodie b
1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
ie grice, "Geng awa wi dee an laeve me alane!"
ie grice. "Geng awa wi dee an laeve me alane!"
ie grice. "Geng awa wi dee an laeve me alane!"
3 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
s kent as a dialect, idder as laeve hit be, man be artifeecial. D
ary love of squalor.’ I wid laeve hit ta you ta tink whidder di
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
k dir minds up afore wir eens laeve da schul . . .
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ae a look in dir lugs. A’ll laeve you tae judge for yoursels.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
said gaddered dem. “We’ll laeve hit on da hill in case da Nie
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
frogs gadderin in da loch tae laeve dir spawn. For me hit’s a n
1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
Da fokk in Papa Stour wid laeve me be, but dat doesna mean de
1 matches

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dey'll virtually ignore it an laeve you winderin why you even bud(2021) search twitter

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