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Use in varieties of Scots

sellt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 13.4 3 0 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3126 2 0 2 1 0
Number of authors17 13 2 1 1

Occurrences of sellt in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
laun was creatit tae be sellt on page 32

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Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Hame tae Dunbar Harbour, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
whaur Auld Bob sellt the day's tak. on page 41

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
e walkin? Dinna tell me ye've sellt the naig? Did ye finnd the ma on page 48

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
we've been sellt tae console us an mak us The on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
'Cruikedbank is no sellt, Mither. It's still oors, but on page 79

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hud been mince, and he hadnae sellt eneuch manky second-haund mot on page 32
than he wis this morn. He hus sellt nae less than five motors, ev on page 44
r and seeventy-eicht pund and sellt fur wan thoosand four hunner on page 45
pund and ah sellt it fur nine hunner and ninety on page 46
there jist the ither day. He sellt me a motor. Near new. Only do on page 79
Also on pages 151
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
l it fell apairt. It had been sellt on fae ae oil exploration out on page 47
tson, the ironmonger that had sellt them the pistols in the first on page 107

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
charnley's sellt the boy a dummy on page 3

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An Luckie Middlemist wha sellt his dram on page 7

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Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
is feart tae gang hame. She'd sellt haurdly ony matches, and she on page 50
But the wee lassie that sellt the matches didnae feel the c on page 55

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
On the nicht he was sellt for siller on page 97

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
has sellt us aa for pounds an pence." on page 54

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
i the buik an the CD noo bein sellt separate-like insteid o bein
separate-like insteid o bein sellt thegither, the price for ilka
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
In the end ah sellt ma dinner tickets tae big Mag
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@billykayscot tweeted
west Fife in the 1950s an he sellt thaim. They were cried Aiberd(2020) search twitter

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
she'd see the piggy shop. It sellt beef an stuff an they wid buy on page 16

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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
could find the wifie that hid sellt ma the jaicket. By good luck
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
John sellt da hoose tae Mary on page 84

2 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
in 2004 - the guidebeuk isna sellt oot yit - an ye'll can see a on page 5

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