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Use in varieties of Scots

stravaig Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 15.4 10.6 0 17.4 41.3 0
Number of occurrences4430 7 0 3 4 0
Number of authors28 18 5 2 3

Occurrences of stravaig in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
e day they went oot for a wee stravaig on page 33

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
s their ink, the length o yin stravaig fae stert tae feenish anither on page 77

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
When dogs stravaig miles oan stilts on page 35

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Tristan, an nae mair sall we stravaig on page 43

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
ew wormhole meant a new space stravaig! She breenged up the stair ta on page 4
the Asterbaw Cup on her Space Stravaig shelf, alangside her wormskat on page 27

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
tae gang for a quick Thinkin Stravaig by masel. Och, jings!' on page 1
'I'm tellin ye. Folk stravaig aboot in this Forest and they on page 82
body thanked him for the braw stravaig they were haein, 'I doot we'd on page 114

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Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
hesell hed aft taen a wie bit stravaig inti curliewurlies an pirliec on page 44

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Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Mony's the lang mile in their stravaig on page 55

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
in, checks ma every movement. Stravaig the world aye, bit ye'll no s on page 24

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
nou the Speirit's on the stravaig, see, reingin aa roun on page 18

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
isna the ae thing a body can stravaig. Mony finds endless oors o di on page 65

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
athoot thaim. Semple weys tae stravaig the wab anonymously is tae hi
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
nou an faur better sairch an stravaig facilities. Ance this is duin
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
utin pouer, fowk can no juist stravaig the wab but tak a daunder int
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
6. The European stravaig, an the deith o Wallace
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
Nou an again these Romans wad stravaig aboot Scotland wi immunity at
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ir hooses war burnt. They’d stravaig aboot, aff their heids wi gri
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
fancy gaun on yer first space stravaig?’
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
n Forde faurer in his cartoon stravaig throu the unnerwarld, or limb
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
uin speakers o thae leids tae stravaig the wab in thair ain mither t
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
nd adverb (‘scunnersome’) stravaig e’en mair widely semantical
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
Stevenson an signage helps ye stravaig aboot the glen follaein the g
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
toast the morra folks !! Braw stravaig alang the path tae Dysart wi (2022) twitter link
@RCunningham_MMM Tak a wee stravaig intae Brunton & Luthrie villa (2022) twitter link
wi braw coffee & scran. Tak a stravaig alang the path tae West Weyms (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
Mair photies fae oor stravaig. The ane o the brambles - wh(2020) search twitter
gars ye get ready for a lang stravaig! https://t.co/Z2vwkm2O8T(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
stack inti his weskit he wid stravaig aboot the College in his blai on page 54

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McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
we stravaig the rods thegither i the wast on page 3

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
A thrang o Douglases stravaig, bloody reid herts (maistly i on page 10

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
like unmarkit graves att fowk stravaig owre e heid o wi'oot kennin t on page 101
, "Look oot for e laayers att stravaig aboot in lang goons an like t on page 114

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
daunder, an anaesthetist cud stravaig aboot as weel wi the computer
noo ready tae gie ower their stravaig tae Meikleburgh. The toun wis
2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Whaarivir you stravaig, whitivir you dö, on page 45
Whaar cood I stravaig ta win oot o dy rodd? on page 47

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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
s spared Odysseus, ta lat him stravaig faar fae haem."
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Southern

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
an stravaig thegither as sisters an brith
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Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
wi nae mindin o her midnicht stravaig. But she telt me she’d hud
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@StuartPoet tweeted
hanterRanter @TippermuirBooks Stravaig more recreational eh? Though (2020) search twitter

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