A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

howld Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 0 15.1 59.6 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences170 10 6 1 0 0
Number of authors5 1 3 1

Occurrences of howld in Corpus

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Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
-hot poker will burn ee if ee howld id too long; on page 12
"Howld yer tongue, Ma!" sade e Crab, on page 29
natch in e air. She didna get howld o anything, but she heard a p on page 34
particular-Here, Bill! Catch howld o iss rop-Will e roof bear?-M on page 36
r heels in ids hurry till get howld o id: then Alice, thinkan id on page 39
Also on pages 57, 59, 92, 118
10 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
While I couldna howld that against them, and hid se on page 42
They can aalways howld wan more. on page 54
the chair wi Daddy - you can howld her fur a while." on page 60
the high regard in which they howld the Scottish Bard. on page 77

4 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
depth o the howld. on page 5

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and tighten me howld on yer neck on page 144

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
e da boy dat he ran an took a howld o him an gied him a kiss. on page 124

1 matches

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