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Use in varieties of Scots

glow Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.1 18.7 9 19.9 11.6 0 22.1
Number of occurrences5237 6 2 2 0 5
Number of authors35 22 5 1 2 5

Occurrences of glow in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
hinin bricht in the oil lamps glow. on page 25
the oil-lamps glow a beacon in the nicht. on page 28

2 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
a lustrous gowden glow. on page 129

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an suin ma een will glow as bricht as the moss on page 11

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
an huv that night time rainy glow. Stoap at a petrol station, s on page 3

4 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
t my faither. There wis aye a glow jn my mither's een when she l on page 69

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
. That her usual golden broon glow hud been replaced by a chalk on page 68

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
shi maks it glow on page 84

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
coveries anew, particles that glow aw ower, on page 105

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
Education Scotland wabsteid, Glow, local press an engagement wi on page 6

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
hought o skin wi a sun-kissed glow sends a shiver o excitement d on page 36

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
er an athort the craitur, the glow o hunners o thoosans o sauls on page 9

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
raither be fishin up at Loch Glow or takkin a bit daunder ower on page 136

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
it gied him a sort of a glow –
1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
An mebbe a glow o fagtip waved like a firefly
on the Brediland Road an the glow o twa cigarettes doon bi the
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
It gied the fields a rosy glow
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
. Ah ayeweys git a richt warm glow oot o that; it maks ma hert g
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
llumination is the dull amber glow ay the city’s street light,
e livin room, the accompanyin glow radiatin oot fae the massive
2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
at the lead, heading for this glow above the rape. And when we g
ront door opens and through a glow fae the bulb in the lobby I s
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
m itherwise. They had a kinna glow o mental health, Beatrice tho
m itherwise. They had a kinna glow o mental health, Beatrice tho
cheeper. She slappit him, an glow
ae his sicht o her: the waarm glow o her belly, the gleed o new
4 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
issClark7 @scotlit Are ye own Glow? Previous winners' stories ow(2016) search twitter
nglish teachers SharePoint on Glow? Speak tae @missmcvittie(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
int creatit by @EducationScot Glow login required, mind: https:/ (2019) twitter link
tae us an we'll pit them oan Glow and link tae them oan the sit (2019) twitter link
com fir info aboot resources, Glow groups an mair :-) (2018) twitter link
ts Language Blether (requires Glow login): https://t.co/OFtea2DV (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
onal results like this - the glow aff the pavin slabs n the hoo (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
hame-made tie-dye glow in the dark claes, on page 34

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ae high doh, he'd lost aa the glow Brocht on by ower much centra on page 15

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an the reid hot glow ignitin the sky on page 19

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
inally, wrote Pauline, a reed glow at made er leuk affa fetchin on page 41

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tit wi phosporus that gart it glow green an oorie like a firefla
owe o the fire wi a dull reid glow. The toast sat in a siller to
2 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A golden glow wae turquoise, orange, blue N on page 34
agaenst the glow on page 56

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ch cowld March day, dey wir a glow on da deid girse an Widdered on page 93

1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
s airm, an its hand began tae glow
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
dora hat. In the wairm yellae glow, he was aal pale, sweat an sw on page 1

1 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Hir face a rose-rid glow. on page 9

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
She taen a photae, then tha glow o her screen on page 10

1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
ly folk will be basking in my glow and listening to my gowl. #NS(2020) search twitter

@fairfaaye tweeted
d gl?m which actually means ‘glow’ rather than ‘gloom’. #uls(2020) search twitter

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