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Use in varieties of Scots

norse Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.9 11.3 10.6 29.8 116.2 20.7 0
Number of occurrences5422 7 3 20 2 0
Number of authors23 13 2 3 3 2

Occurrences of norse in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
d, the brithers tell me yir o Norse bluid, and Vikings hae been i on page 12
nicle o Pittenweem. No aa the Norse wir Vikings.' on page 14

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e cast ma een northwards. The Norse settlers that came here fae t on page 31
as lang afore oniethin like a Norse Thing took place in Scotland. on page 32

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
are fur its origin is in Auld Norse skera 'tae cut'. It means 'a on page 59

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Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
, whan it wes brocht owre the Norse Sie bi Angils, Jutes an Saxon on page 12

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
leid it wis eorðe an in Auld Norse jǫrð.
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
he hyne norat launs whaur the Norse ruilled
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
lt be langage contack wi Auld Norse, was, hooiver, the main sourc
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
echt. The Middle Dutch an Old Norse equivalents are werk and verk
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
dialect wirds seen tae hae a Norse springheid gin a body howks d
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
important point that the Old Norse loans found in Scots ([…] l
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
nt o Pechts bein wee is fae a Norse scriever, wha merely suggesti
compared wi the lang-shankit Norse fowk. This myth, alangside th
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
itsel is derived fae the Auld Norse for Sooth-laund. But at the s
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
d hantle o influence fae Auld Norse, Gaelic, French, and Latin, a
€“ anither braw exemple o the Norse influence in Scots, wi kenabl
‘att tåla’. The michtie Norse element in Scots – and syne
3 matches

Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
ist like Scots haes Gaelic an Norse. The nou, U. an B. mainly hae
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@billykayscot tweeted
ift cuid come stracht oot the Norse Sagas.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
a pucklie cam fae Sweden. The Norse teen muckle oot o Scotlan, â€
urope. Did the slaves (or the Norse gaan hame) tak wi them a wee
kings fae baith the Celtic an Norse fowk. It near aye shows the o
n cairved steens - Celtic an Norse pattrens interwoven. There is
en in the centuries efter the Norse an mair probable origins come
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
other languages like Flemish, Norse and Northumb (2020) twitter link
s roon aboot here hiv Gaelic, Norse, Flemish, Northumbrian, Scots (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wur prood Norse heritage on page 13

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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
ppropriation. The name is Old Norse, and it means ‘The Cleared
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Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
Owld Norse: Number Wan – a burden; Twa
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
entury. Dey brocht wi dem dir Norse language (Norn) at wis spokke on page 9
An noo da Norse expansion starts. Shetland wi on page 15
Aald English haed it, an Aald Norse did an aa - da twa main ance on page 24
is da neebir o een o da Aald Norse wyes o makkin appellation nae on page 47
is "it". Aald English an Aald Norse haed grammatical gender. Germ on page 49
Also on pages 87, 94, 101, 103, 104
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Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
insert Pictish, Brythonic or Norse too, if you please.’
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Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
Aald English haed it, an Aald Norse did an aa - da twa main ance

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
is een o dem, derived fae old norse 'liverni' mea(2020) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
gian forefock, is the fouth o Norse place names.
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
nt “pirate raid” in the Old Norse language that was spoken in S(2020) search twitter

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