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Use in varieties of Scots

thorn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.2 3.2 3.2 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences106 2 0 1 0 1
Number of authors9 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of thorn in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
treetch o dry gress and jaggy thorn trees on page 3

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
un fuit's aye gettin, be it a thorn or a broken tae' - an it mic on page 42

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
'The Ballad i the Thorn' is a poetic an brawlie melan on page 5

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
the additional letters 'þ' (thorn) equivalent to the modern 'th on page 17

1 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ose but scartit her neb oan a thorn insteid. on page 85

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
, passing scattered whistling thorn, strangle fig and the occasio
1 matches

Doric

@cligeey tweeted
Hedges is a thorn in their side the nicht(2020) search twitter
@DeesideDon Rogic is a thorn(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Gairden, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
o dy mind, sharper as a thorn
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha fairy thorn that's grawin. on page 25

1 matches

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