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Use in varieties of Scots

skein Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 1 7.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences82 5 0 0 1 0
Number of authors6 2 3 1

Occurrences of skein in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Fidgan like flesh. A skein o fieldfares on page 112

1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
wild geese flee/ A lang, lang skein o beatin wings wi their heids(2018) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
t cot. Yea wid jump oot o yer skein eif yea weis next tel eit, fi on page 5
nt oot an their weis beit's a skein ona thim. Ken eis, tae eis da on page 11
hee weis soaket throo tae thi skein, an thi water weis dreepin af on page 55

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
snappit Jenny, powkin a lang skein o fair hair ahint her lug. "Y
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
wild geese flee, A lang, lang skein o’ beatin’ wings, wi’ thei (2020) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Frae high above a skein o' geese on page 38

1 matches

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