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Use in varieties of Scots

rays Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 11.8 4.5 9.9 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2923 3 1 1 1 0
Number of authors16 11 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of rays in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Where the rays fade out in a dance of dust. on page 57

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e camera! There are dangerous rays comin oot o that thing! They on page 146

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The nascent Sun's rays awauken tae seek, on page 15
The bricht rays o the Winter Solstice daws, on page 27
As the solstice rays owre Arran wir tyned on page 62

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
scaurs gowden lit in heidlamp rays on page 74

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
scaurs gowden lit in heidlamp rays on page 58

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Whan the sherp rays o the sun on page 16

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
hie widds ar lit with erliest rays. on page 114

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The nascent Sun’s rays awauken tae seek,
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
utrons comes aboot whan gamma rays (http://imagers/gsfc.nasa.gov
tact wi hydrogen atoms. Gamma rays comes fae the nuclear ongauns
upernovae.net/isn.htm). Gamma rays skelps intae atoms an the sma
ons haes come aboot fae gamma rays skelpin intae hydrogen atoms.
Maurs but the kinch wi gamma rays is that thay dae untelt skait
6 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
ye ken thae ultra-violet rays,
ablow His ultra-violet rays.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the club, letting the sun’s rays bathe us in its warmth, inten
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
like a bird’s. Phoebus’s rays will melt their wax an they w
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
an avalanche ae snow, broken rays ae sun licht occasionally bli
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
the hospital. They've tain X Rays. Cuts tae ma heid, black eye, (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ou An athing showed up in its rays on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sin on his face an seein its rays glintin aff the waashboord as on page 90

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ees. They glister in the thin rays o sunlight that shine through
1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The rays wir done on page 107

1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2016) Shetland
' a peerie sleep in da golden rays o da Scatness sunset

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
o the vine salute its silvery rays on page 209

1 matches

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