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lichtsome Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 7.7 22.6 0 34.9 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3715 15 0 6 0 1
Number of authors16 10 2 4 1

Occurrences of lichtsome in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ole, coud live leisur-like an lichtsome, as they didna wark but twice on page 58

1 matches

Sulhunt, Miriam Lallans 90 - Rapunzel, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
a lichtsome lassie on page 33

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
whit's mair, sae lichtsome; on page 3
the hale o him is lichtsome. on page 12
lichtsome tae her that buir her. on page 13

4 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
de Bovril or Ovaltine. It wis lichtsome tae tak a hot drink up tae he on page 15

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
are, is it? Weel, weel! in a lichtsome kind o voice. But Teeger didn on page 23
t tae the brig, aw bricht and lichtsome, and no carin a docken aboot on page 97
an oor efter, and he gied the lichtsome lauch ye gie when ye ken the on page 111

3 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
richt lichtsome tae the thrang on page 53

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
is young queen waited, made a lichtsome braig on page 24

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
rfochten yet lown and somehou lichtsome. Aheid, he could aye hear the on page 17

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wes firstlins the blithe, the lichtsome, the speiritie, the rantin an on page 109

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
er oot tae the Links, makin a lichtsome appearance.
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"A lichtsome spang the sanns alang, A shor on page 53

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Lichtsome shoor, jacket you canna cast.
Ere's a lichtsome shoor bit maistly fair.
Ere's a lichtsome shoor och nae much ata,
Maistly dry wi a lichtsome shoor or twa,
Lichtsome rain for the hale foreneen,
7 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Later on a lichtsome shoor or twa,
An ere's a lichtsome shoor or twa.
Lichtsome rain as the day wears bye,
Ere's aye a lichtsome shoor or twa.
Some lichtsome shoors durin the day.
7 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
a lichtsome lift i wir haerts. on page 57
an swack dey wir an lichtsome. on page 59

2 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
rt, he wan tae da shop, hed a lichtsome yarn, got da mell an saat, an
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
t bein Olina she wis still as lichtsome as iver.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
tae castin dey wir a bit mair lichtsome. Een o dem hed used a tushkar
1 matches

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Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Sae licht, sae lichtsome, quick-lachin on page 4

1 matches

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