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Use in varieties of Scots

skelfs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 5.1 1.5 0 29.1 0 13.3
Number of occurrences1910 1 0 5 0 3
Number of authors13 8 1 2 2

Occurrences of skelfs in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
The Mice hae Empied the Skelfs on page 30

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
reeks, skint knees an thistle skelfs in their fingers; while aa th on page 73

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
me ti pit aw the tombs ontil skelfs sae at thai wuid be ti haun w on page 12

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
i've howked braider skelfs on page 29
he could thole the skelfs o steel, shairp an wee, on page 45

2 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Gey haird thai rade, made skelfs o sprittelt beild, on page 87

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
spensable, addeetioun tae the skelfs o onybody wi an intress in gu on page 134

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ruim an skelfs decored wi pletts an ashets k
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
cht olive, an nane o thae wee skelfs ye near aye sees in the iris.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ack a while efter wi a puckle skelfs o braken doors that had been
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
i turnin roun an gomin at the skelfs as she cam til thaim. on page 70

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
new een, skelfs o nails on page 24

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
wi steyn skelfs lik doorless presses. on page 44

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
we tae da back porch whaar da skelfs wis foo o aa kinda hoosehold
ess dey ösed as a larder. Da skelfs wis stappit wi bottles an jar
2 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tae redd tha skelfs oot, A did hoak, on page 44

2 matches

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