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pictish Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 12.2 8 0 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences3123 5 0 3 0 0
Number of authors17 12 2 3

Occurrences of pictish in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
w designs we still see on the Pictish Symbol Stanes, an in a haill on page 97

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Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Stane Circles, Symbol Stanes, Pictish Stanes, graveyairds an sic li on page 4

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Picts, mebbe due tae haein a Pictish mither. This wuid mak some se on page 14
it is said there wis a great Pictish stane cried the King's Cross on page 15
links this auld well tae the Pictish Symbol Stane that sits near t on page 77

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
e'en the thrawn smeddum o his Pictish priests on page 85

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
use it's no Scottish, Celtic, Pictish, Roman, Greek on page 107

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
t A wis haiverin tae thaim in Pictish the wey thir laddies gae on. on page 3

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ers an, symbolically, haein a Pictish serpent tattooed oan her airm on page 90

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Whit if fowk coud unnerstaun Pictish boondary mairkers on page 15
omans haed fund the seecrit o Pictish ale on page 18
int gettin kilt by a hertsome Pictish lassie. on page 19

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wd': 'They're warrior wimmen, Pictish princesses, cheiftainesses, f on page 91

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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
man Empire fell apairt we see Pictish cultur suddenly floorish. The
tur that becam the hert o the Pictish warld. There’s guid evidenc
or-Westerly o aa the mainland Pictish staudin stanes. The Farr Stan
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
e the North-Sea traders o the Pictish kingdom, wha skelpit the Roma
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
mpian Muntains, the clatter o Pictish spears agin Roman shields. Ai
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ome o anither leid lang syne. Pictish dwines awa whan Gaelic taks o
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@19Mcculley Just learn some Pictish and paint yirsel ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ava," said the Keing. "He's a Pictish messenger, an thon's Pictish on page 92
but it was nae eese ava, the Pictish poseitions jist gat mair byor on page 93
th his hanns out til her in a Pictish poseition. "We jist fann it t on page 98

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@glenlivetloon tweeted
adual change tae Scots. I ken Pictish came afore bit nae muckle kin(2020) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
r definite whit happent wi da Pictish fokk at wis aareidy bidin in on page 15

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De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
at cared aboot da sowls o Pictish fisherfock.
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Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
u see.” You can also insert Pictish, Brythonic or Norse too, if y
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