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leivin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.6 23.7 13.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences5747 9 0 0 1 0
Number of authors20 19 1 1

Occurrences of leivin in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Scots leid, or a warld cless, leivin leiteratur intil't. An thon w on page 3

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
gg beukshelfs at ae end o her leivin room an he haed stertit in wi on page 19

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Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
buried in a leivin grave on page 129

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
i glaur! (Luiks aroun) Bi the leivin Hairrie, whaur's Dobbin? No h on page 48

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Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
didna hae ti darg fur a leivin an cuid ware thair tyme i spo on page 13

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Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
t A wes regairdit as a mannie leivin o hiz ain frie wull in Monast on page 1
Puy, an a guid bittie cadgie leivin fur masell an ma adveisars, a on page 3

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Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
airiences o sax eir o saipret leivin hed twyned thaim, an he wes s on page 4

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O leivin tae the lest wi steel on page 15

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
re, bein oot the wey plus the leivin Burns tradeition are baith fa on page 7
ime an in sair want o siller, leivin aff o makin an sellin puka sh on page 8

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
canna byde here onie langer, leivin on scran an makkin nae siller on page 42

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
tion, that wis i favour o the leivin dialecks wi aw their divergen on page 108

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tions, as weel as singers aye leivin as their springheids. In fack on page 69

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
magazines i the mither tungs, leivin pruifs at the leids is faur f on page 126

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
i.gov.uk). Thir texts gies us leivin pruif at Scots is yit til the on page 22

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McCabe, Alan Lallans 73 - Whan the wind blaws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Intae the warld o the leivin on page 46

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
irn-rhymes o langsyne: it's a leivin pruif at rhymes an sangs is a on page 129

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
lities whan he haes ti gie us leivin, direck speik, in character, on page 136

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ts an pairts whaur Scots is a leivin leid yet, an allou some issue on page 4

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Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
re legs at aince, in the jo o leivin an the delyte o wair outen it
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“We nivver sein a leivin sowel onie o the tymes we med
Nou, Maister Grene is the leivin eimage o’m. Dinna be provok
thanks, bot thai trokit-na a leivin
hole the cauld an waantryfe o leivin on the eiss. Aw
isik wes mait an drink ti me, leivin i the dreich westerne at wes
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
k wul be for the Yirth an its leivin be-ins. We areddies hae envir
be the ‘Yirth’ an aw the leivin craiturs intil’t. That impl
duir for the intress o ither leivin organisms ti be taen intil ac
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
get the coal ?re gaun in the leivin room, and dependin hoo faur t
I mind the atmosphere in the leivin room — a feelin o belangin
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
ou ti mak ma owresettins inti leivin poems, an A honour his memory
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Harper, Emma Promoting the Scots Leid, (The Scottish Parliament 2021) Central - Stranraer, government
w its byleids as a legitimate leivin leid an tak tent o the needs
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
produced i connection wi the leivin communities o Scots speakers.
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ie Gaelic an Scots respeck as leivin contemporary languages that a
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ge through increased communal leivin.
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@billykayscot tweeted
praisent wha tried tae mak a leivin playin their native muse. Bra(2020) search twitter
s doom, an dee tae brak their leivin tomb” Pics here bi ma frien,(2020) search twitter

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
tae the fire kytht tae be aa leivin, an een the knock on the brac on page 15
The Gairden o Leivin Flouers on page 24
forgat hailumlie at they war leivin, an she wes jist gingin roun on page 48
"Aat's fit comes o leivin backlins," the Queen said kyn on page 65
out aagaits, somethin like a leivin breem-besom." on page 85
Also on pages 98
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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
portant, ay - but dae ye get leivin foriver? Education's importan on page 5

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