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Use in varieties of Scots

sanctuary Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.1 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1210 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of sanctuary in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
wis weel placed tae gie thaim sanctuary. Heich on the brae abune Pone on page 28
glens frae time tae time for sanctuary an rest at Priesthill; an con on page 42
sanctuary, the Reverend Alexander Peden on page 43

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he drive up tae the 'Paws Dog Sanctuary' oan the ootskirts ae the too on page 158

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a sanctuary set in thi perfect on page 81

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
til she cuid slidder throu to sanctuary. Pollis? Ambulance? Pollis an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ter an appointment wi the OT, Sanctuary Time an The Bridge.
In Sanctuary Time, Maureen uises the rhyth
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d. Gin they were lea’in the sanctuary o the lamasery in the spring
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
feels the right time tae find sanctuary in a place wae four wahs and
1 matches

Doric

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he bolt. Reachin the familiar sanctuary o the bogie, he pit the rifle
1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
y o Glesga Chapel - a weekly sanctuary fur me whan we could gaddir a
1 matches

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