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Use in varieties of Scots

hydra Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.7 0 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1211 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors4 3 1

Occurrences of hydra in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
n hame until ye've killed the Hydra." on page 10
The Hydra on page 11
a strang stomach. The hackit Hydra didna bother him. Feart at no on page 12
aun, Hercules breenged at the Hydra and hacked yin o its heids af on page 13

9 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ain moons – Charon, Nix an Hydra – wheechin aboot it, but, f
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
verything. We must become the hydra that they cannae get rid of. (2022) twitter link

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
tter let oot fur tae big thon hydra-lectric thaing doon thonner? on page 29

1 matches

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