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Use in varieties of Scots

glaiss Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.3 1.5 88.9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences623 59 0 0 0 0
Number of authors9 3 6

Occurrences of glaiss in Corpus

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Central

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
eena Blackball, ca'd A Raised Glaiss, wis read bi Robbie Shepherd. on page 4

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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
eas brimmed like bubbles in a glaiss? It wis because we really bel
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@billykayscot tweeted
n an reward masel wi a caller glaiss o ma ain aipple juice. Sweet (2020) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
sheyn't thi beem oot. Eis thi glaiss gceid roon eit floatct en a v on page 5
wer biggin luvulee big fyber glaiss boat's, we got a verra warm w on page 65

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ice wid hiv brocht a tear t'a glaiss ee. The only black spot oan a on page 17
an poor a tin o Im-Bru inte a glaiss." on page 18
ak a toast." Isobel liftit er glaiss. "Here's te true iv!" she sai on page 31
a real stovies, beetroot an a glaiss o milk, kinna laad," said San on page 35
aan?" Billy toppit up 1s wine glaiss. "Ah'm a bittie o a reglar he on page 37
Also on pages 49, 51, 60, 74
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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hampagne sloshin aroon in her glaiss. "Fit wi the hair an the make on page 58
bottle o champagne, fullt his glaiss, downed it, an syne sunk twa on page 59
Stevie, fullin up Chantelle's glaiss. on page 60
ag Missus Reed cam back wi a glaiss o fizzy cola an a mint Yo-yo. on page 64

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n," said Muggie, es wi teen a glaiss o wine fae the waiter an tour on page 30
es she helpit ersel t'anither glaiss o wine. on page 31
ie-eed an grippin oan tull er glaiss like er life dependit oan't. on page 32
!" repeatit Muggie, liftin er glaiss te the portrait o the heidles on page 33
a big black box Fir plastic, glaiss an cans. on page 34
Also on pages 40, 47
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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
gin ye're steppin on brukken glaiss. As peyment, I maun hae yer s on page 121

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
cannie, an teet in the keekin glaiss ower the sideboord. Ye should
growin ahin ye, there in the glaiss, ower yer left showder. Dye s
Minnie shook her heid.The glaiss wis teem forbyes the kitchie
peat the trip, this time wi a glaiss joog o watter an a tummler in
the coal pail wi pail, an the glaiss joogs wi bits oi flooers, tho
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
quarry, aa sheer green-tinted glaiss an steel an modernity, heated
n the sea. Nae in concrete an glaiss; nae in the kintra neither. F
wis a bumbazement o steel an glaiss, cockin up on its hunkers owe
jist the twa o them, fur the glaiss door tae the lounge wis steek
ou o a well haudin its keekin glaiss up tae the lift .
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Wi her falsers in a glaiss o water by her bedside, Grunn
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
on at my table and pour him a glaiss o watter. He chugs it doon an
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d widden panels polished like glaiss. She noticed as weel that the
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
eyed cat near came throwe the glaiss at them. It teen a couple o o
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
it wid mean sax months in the glaiss hoose if he mashed him.
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e she'd iver seen wi coloured glaiss jist like the kirk hid at Ide
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
eese o the watter as a keekin glaiss he began tae smerten his luik
magnifeein glaiss.. a thing tae makk smaa thing
gs grow big, wi a roon keekin glaiss as big’s an
a shotty o ma new magnifeein glaiss?” speired Katie. “It makk
an ye’ll get a shotty o ma glaiss,” quo Katie.
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Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
lance. He fell ower ontae the glaiss an left a big gash ower his l
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
rt collies, hair as sheeny as glaiss
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