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savour Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 5.7 3 0 23.2 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1811 2 0 4 1 0
Number of authors11 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of savour 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

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
- guid stuff tae savour, tae really feel, tae dawdle on page

2 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
- ilka byleid - hes its ain savour an feel in the mou, near unpo on page vii
ebrew Bible an o the soond an savour o Scots. Gin these versions a on page viii

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Caller maet haes savour tint in jeelin: on page 34

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ican and the builder sip, and savour, a gowd still accessible in t on page 72

2 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
a kerrs! Yi close yer een tae savour it. When yi open them wherr u
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Luntin ma bawhair tae savour the heat;
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
watch it again now - just to savour the occa (2020) twitter link

Doric

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tabbies, nae takkin time tae savour them, jist packed them doon m
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
ornygollach jist fur fowk tae savour
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
We man savour wir wirds is dey tirl on da t on page 19

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
traivel wi wir difference, an savour on page 39
takkin time ta savour on page 40
y white sateen. Whitna day ta savour on page 100

3 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A first sip noo the taste tae savour on page 20

1 matches

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