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Use in varieties of Scots

dwaam Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 1 6 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences82 4 0 2 0 0
Number of authors5 1 2 2

Occurrences of dwaam in Corpus

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Central

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
les. She brocht him oot o his dwaam wi a question: Whaur had he h
she sayed saftly, echoin his dwaam.
2 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n Steenie's gweed-mither in a dwaam in her bed. He raxed oot an t on page 16
waves. Fowk will faa intill a dwaam wi fear as they wyte for fit' on page 115

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
m for fear he wad tak anidder dwaam) she turn't ower the blads ta on page 20
An as he steed in och-like dwaam on page 21

2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
body dat noo an dan gied in a dwaam. Dis sam day shö seemed ta b on page 117

1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
again, bringin John oot o his dwaam. He got dressed quickly, an r
1 matches

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