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Use in varieties of Scots

swell Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 6.2 4.5 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1812 3 1 1 0 1
Number of authors15 10 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of swell in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
atween the swell o young buttocks, on page 30

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
SWAW SEA sma swell wi wee crests BROUSTIE SEA mu on page 14

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
He thocht hou, yont the ocean swell, A son o this Largo on page 11

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
gae heart swell wi pride. The orange and gree on page xiv

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an yer hert began tae swell. on page 39

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
e send a faither or a son tae swell the Clan’s ranks! When we g
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Then jine an’ swell yon stirrin’ noise,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
er waist, atween the flattent swell o her bound-up breists - tha
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
There’s a steady swell ay movement taewards the bar
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
lism but a real philanthropic swell that isnae gaein awa. Monie S
1 matches

Briggs, Susi My Yellow Yorlin, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
O men wha swell wi entitled pride
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
he could fairly act the swell on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"At's a gey swell-leukin timepiece ye'v bin get on page 21
"Oooh...afta swell." Ma pal, Muggie, tittit the on page 28

2 matches

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
pproach with details of tide, swell & landing conditions for the (2020) search twitter

Shetland

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
da gale blawin an a wasterly swell runnin
1 matches

Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
ter in the middle tae make it swell
1 matches

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