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Use in varieties of Scots

saga Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3.1 1.5 0 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences126 1 0 4 0 1
Number of authors9 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of saga in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
like gods or heroes frae sum saga nor mercenary reivers bydin o on page 56

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
eys Tammas, 'yi wuldna tell a saga o Olaf yit yi hae gied a us a on page 14

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
lugs in his favourite Laxdale Saga. on page 133

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Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
aa that, kin o like Snorri's Saga for the pure affront o its hy
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e kentna the uise o gaun ti a saga, onles ti pit a winze on the
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
hich brings me neatly tae the saga o’ Barney the Brain! Barney
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ar dementit wi the hale SOITY Saga. on page 77

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Reading the Orkneyinga saga en route to Shetland on page 19

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
I da saga he wrat on page 22
a meld; a tongue fit fur saga on page 107

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Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fur Saga life insurance, on page 54

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