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lichtnin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13 7.1 28.5 0 11.6 10.3 26.6
Number of occurrences4214 19 0 2 1 6
Number of authors25 11 8 2 1 3

Occurrences of lichtnin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Saft an swith as faur-aff lichtnin, on page 2
Langsome spreid o stane-haurd lichtnin on page 54
Abuin us, an its lichtnin glouers on page 64

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Lik the sudden kinks o the lichtnin an the serpens; on page 41

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the evil baist slitherin like lichtnin up the hill, Martin turnt rou on page 80

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
he room, like a flash o broon lichtnin, and ilka singil squirrel aro on page 128

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
/Creasht as lichtnin flashes o creaution cracks, on page 92
Even frae a second lichtnin strike." on page 128

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
thou thair was nae lichtnin or ocht o spaes or spiels,
1 matches

Lawrenson, Dorothy Ranch Road 12, San Marcos, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Fife, poetry
a leam o lichtnin cracks
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
kind, that niver turns intae lichtnin? That’s me, Ariadne, dancin
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
o the rain, then a flaucht o lichtnin wi a flaucht o fiddle, bi Lor
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n thereby caa doon thunner an lichtnin on his heid, bit naebody daur
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
onishlie threatenin image o a lichtnin bolt. Ilka ane locked shut. A
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
a thunner clap or a flacht o lichtnin, jist afore they cud get rodd on page 83

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ae mair cwid pussy thole Like lichtnin she wis ower the closs on page 15

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Dar Oma snake unwindin frae a lichtnin-blootert tree A glisked Ye wh on page 3

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
o Satan fell oot o e lift lik lichtnin. Ye see A've gien ye e pooer on page 98

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Made a lichtnin trip tae Johnshaven, eatin cr on page 178

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
blew saft, syne turned gurly. Lichtnin crackit, timmers skreiched. T on page 115

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Wi thunner plumps an lichtnin sae bricht .
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Thunner an lichtnin, rain dis poor.
lichtnin sae affa bricht. Noo mither n
lichtnin tee, it maks dark in tae day
Ere his been thunner an lichtnin afore, bit nivver like yon."
throo the nicht wi thunner an lichtnin. It hid lested fae
6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rugs up its reets an awa like lichtnin they aa wheech till they're o
flichterin o their een vrocht lichtnin.
2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
doon pint aifter pint or’s lichtnin-een
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
aggy diamonds like a streak o lichtnin rinnin doon his back. It
an oot the door like flash o lichtnin.
lin. Fin there wis thunner an lichtnin they baith cooriet aneth the
3 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
o da lichtnin storm? on page 26

1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
e wir awaar o him an quick as lichtnin, dey reestled up i da colls,
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
lowe the nicht. Nae thunner, lichtnin, hoolie nor doonpour. Jist th(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha lichtnin lit tha coaglin trees on page 16

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
in frae haiven like a flesh o lichtnin. Luk noo, A hae gien yis tha on page 88
rin eftèr thaim. Jist as tha lichtnin fleshes ower tha lift, sae th on page 99

2 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
“We’ll be fit tae see tha lichtnin noo wi thon brench doon an na
ewallie muin. Tha fing’rs o lichtnin wus glentin ower tha nicht sk
heerd an saa thon thunner an lichtnin masel, A wudnae alloo ’at w
3 matches

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