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Use in varieties of Scots

abyss Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.6 1.5 0 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences129 1 0 1 1 0
Number of authors11 8 1 1 1

Occurrences of abyss 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

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e he wis hurlin doun intae an abyss an I coudna haud him back... on page 84

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
swaitest notes abuin the lang abyss on page 77

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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
A peer intae th'abyss. Undeemous dree. Sains are aa on page 95

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
looking so far back into the abyss of time.” Hutton an Playfai
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ceans ablo us. At ‘Into the Abyss’ (www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aby
’ (www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss) ye can read the logs o a wan
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
aight intae the depths ae the abyss. Yit ah retained enough stren
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@weenell3 tweeted
ountry plunges deeper into an Abyss? (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
will guide us tories thru the abyss - tae the promised land ! (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
On the abyss of the five senses, where a f
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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
pierced his lugs. Da freezin abyss below him numbed his legs. Hi
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
stin for saumon in the meonic abyss an delytin wi its comedy: on page 5

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