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Use in varieties of Scots

glimmer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 3 13.3 9.9 5.8 0 3.9
Number of occurrences186 9 1 1 0 1
Number of authors14 6 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of glimmer 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

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
fir aye. Gin Odin didna hae a glimmer o forekennin frae the Norns. on page 14

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
n a hill thirr's a wee orange glimmer strainin fir leverage behind on page 3

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Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
Sic a glimmer o derk sichts on page 19

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
I lay in the neardark, just a glimmer of moon, I heard a snuffling on page 3

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
it a caunle lit tae glaur and glimmer on page 23

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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rder intae the cave. Riskin a glimmer o Bill’s torch, they fund a
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Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an glimmer licht was sparklin as on page 13

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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
glimmer o fite faem near the rocks, a on page 118
wee sea quine dwined awa ina glimmer o fite faem, as the Sea Carli on page 128

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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he first time. And I hid some glimmer o fit he wis on aboot bi noo.
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Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
star-shaped fanlicht wi a dim glimmer o licht intil’t. She maun s
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
r’s airms, dozent. E gowden glimmer o e breem buss, e soon o splo
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
avy cloods. She could see the glimmer of licht in some of the many
wiz kept and by the gutterin glimmer o the lamp it wiz a gye dreic
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ter ower the strae tae gar it glimmer like
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Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Glim =a glimmer, a blink o light or fire on page 9

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I had only a glimmer o hope for peerie Bunny da Se(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hae tae dae?" (Alice hadnae a glimmer what Latietude or Langitude w on page 9

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