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Use in varieties of Scots

skitterin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3 4.5 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences116 3 0 1 0 1
Number of authors7 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of skitterin 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

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an skitterin owre ma toastit feet. on page 75

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
iced that slitterie stuff wis skitterin doon the insides o aw thae hu on page 104

1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
Skitterin…
Skitterin…
Skitterin….
3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
jist a scootie bleck speeder, skitterin roond Athena’s sandals. The
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
bune wis skurries, skirlin an skitterin, their yalla beaks grabblin t
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wi a staa fur Mary an Joseph, skitterin glitter ower the strae tae ga
chitterin an skitterin crummles an thrummles o fanci
2 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
lik a flat stane skitterin ower da ream-calm.
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Shook by a skitterin breeze. on page 24

1 matches

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