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Use in varieties of Scots

swayed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.6 1.5 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences95 1 0 0 0 3
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of swayed in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
oun tae meet them. The battle swayed back an forth but it wisnae l on page 15

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
fleitin in watter, the swine swayed and the bern bauks creaked. on page 59

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ut her een, an her upper bouk swayed aamaist imperceptibly towart
Ganesh, the elephant god, an swayed her erm like a trunk, hummin
2 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
wis th' frozen trees as thay swayed; th' frosted leaves as thay d
1 matches

Doric

@beast_afc tweeted
n older HEED with gid English swayed me when thinking of fitever y(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
haur blakness muived, silence swayed an twa watterie een rippled l on page 1
She hushed an hummed an swayed up an doon an bak an forth, a on page 34
n bae his grannie's reaction, swayed his hans frae side tae side a on page 39

3 matches

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