spear | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 8.4 | 11.8 | 4.5 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 27 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wi a spear through it. on page 1
1 matches
Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
nae grund. He wis stuik wi a spear tae the thraipple bit gied na on page 14
6 matches
Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
as sharp as any spear on page 74
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
atin cratur wi a special lang spear, richt thru the hairt. This w on page 41
1 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
I'm sweert to spear. on page 31
1 matches
Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Fidgin wi blood-drooth, his spear in his haun. on page 22
3 matches
Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
t tore in first. He flung his spear at the lion but the spear jis on page 8
2 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ht shairply intae sicht: thay spear cuid Scotland staun alane eft on page 110
1 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The elder disnae spear the birch on page 81
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
atower the lift, a shinin spear,
Transfixed it wi his spear,
2 matches
McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ur razor sharp, pointy like a spear. Yin a beasts grabbed yin of
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
thm an he raised an imaginary spear, carefu, for the sake o his i
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
compose masel lang enough tae spear, “Far aboot wiz yer father
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
h wis a craw, wi a neb like a spear, an scunnerin table mainners,
1 matches