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Use in varieties of Scots

starry Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 1.5 3 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences73 2 1 0 1 0
Number of authors6 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of starry in Corpus

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Central

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
"I watch ye frae the starry lift, on page 13

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Here let me join ye this starry night Up here on the hill A'm on page 4

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
swirls the starry harvest in destruction on page 107

1 matches

Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Cabrach Days, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
There's been starry nichts in the Cabrach.
There'll be starry nichts again.
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The night wis calm and starry and I fancied some romance. on page 29

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ound outside, cold, clear and starry sky. Ideal night for a fire. (2020) search twitter