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Use in varieties of Scots

shimmerin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2 10.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences124 7 0 1 0 0
Number of authors8 2 5 1

Occurrences of shimmerin in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Shimmerin lik a starn oan its tapmaist on page 57

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The laverocks rase oan shimmerin wings o sang
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s; the bonnie birks, laden wi shimmerin dreeps o copper an gowd. Lari
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
l war up, birse puffit oot an shimmerin in the sun. Tae see sic gleds
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Doric

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
e prepared. Doon fae ess is a shimmerin blae lochan ye can dip yer ta on page 37

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
obie. He touched a han te the shimmerin silver cord at hid appeart at on page 78

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
is han as he steppit inte the shimmerin mid-day sin. "Look it aat hea on page 7

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
water wis jist shimmerin again. Ere wis lots o activit
ay, the water on the loch wis shimmerin in the weak
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ur. Ae boorichie o aits stude shimmerin in the strang efterneen sun,
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he inside efter twilight came shimmerin doon in the Bruntlands. Even
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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da sea da cone o da Wart is a shimmerin Kilimanjaro. on page 42

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