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Use in varieties of Scots

weave Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.1 8.5 3.2 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1916 2 1 0 0 0
Number of authors10 8 1 1

Occurrences of weave in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
uch busses an hazel wands tae weave an bind the rafters, an suppo on page 50

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
That I maun weave for bread. on page 115

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Whit tangled webs the Royals weave, And smoke-stained glory, on page 44

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
He sets me wrang, I canna weave ma wab, on page 44

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
He sets me wrang, I cannae weave ma wab, on page 59

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
eir cravins: "Gowd threid tae weave the gounie, silk saft as butt on page 59

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Knotless threid, loose i the weave. Queesitive, uncanny. on page 95

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
is St. Eng., into which they weave distinctive Sc. words or spel
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
. Arachne had been taucht tae weave by the goddess Athena hersel.
“I can weave a claith bonnier than ony yer
“let’s see which o us can weave the finer claith afore Phoebu
ke onything a mere mortal cud weave. Sae she speired her relation
s fae yer snawwhite swans tae weave amang ma threids.”
8 matches

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
rady maks clear, in a skeelie weave atween the commercial side an on page 125

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
rady maks clear, in a skeelie weave atween the commercial side an
1 matches

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
o Bessie Skea's tae music tae weave through the play. Sisters Sar on page 34

1 matches

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