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Use in varieties of Scots

holm Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 5.6 0 29.8 34.9 41.3 0
Number of occurrences2411 0 3 6 4 0
Number of authors6 1 2 2 1

Occurrences of holm in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Aicht guid acres o braid flat holm wi a licht saun an grevel loa on page 50
lift tae warm the yird o the holm. Adam wis fidgin tae stert th on page 57
nt a beild o trees on a braid holm whaur the Greenock Watter rin on page 59
tby on the braeface abune the holm, whaur aa his barley seed had on page 69
hens - or the peesies on the holm. His aulder brithers were ske on page 74

5 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
e in the bankin anent the tap holm?" Auld Craig spiert. "For I w on page 17

6 matches

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
No I think you should go the Holm Streights on page 137
e winter afore we get tae the Holm Streights - on page 138

2 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
ther, 3-4 years old, from the Holm of Papay. A good half inch of (2020) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
/ holm (a peerie isle at's no bidden on page 79

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da Dore Holm oppens on da sneck on page 34
glink ida sun. I' ee loch a holm yallows on page 36
Hulm: a holm: on page 40

4 matches

De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
Sweyn Holm, Selkie Gyo; gied dem bere an
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the Holm airt, Jean Fairish bi naem, w
trap milk roond i Copeshaw Holm, whan hei fermed de Main Holm
, whan hei fermed de Main Holm, Kershopefit,
oun the railway line frae the Holm, yonder.
4 matches

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