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Use in varieties of Scots

lance Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 3 1.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences96 1 0 0 1 1
Number of authors8 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of lance in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
r wis a hish ye cuid cut wi a lance-teeth saw. He wis the scoorie on page 85

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
time afore Martin plunged his lance deep intae the hairt o the ba on page 80

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Machiavellian Fer-de-lance, Will seize the day! on page 31

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Than ilkane brak his esh-lance on the fae on page 87

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'm fair in terror o that lance.
Bruce: Aye, noo he's got his lance in rest
2 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
, you would want to tilt your lance at Kierkegaard, would you? I on page 57

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
And ne'er wud lance that boil on page 29

1 matches

Ulster

@fairfaaye tweeted
nce, Clegs dart oot the fiery lance'. Dae ye ken yer wee beasties(2020) search twitter