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Use in varieties of Scots

swept Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 12.3 3 39.7 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3224 2 4 0 1 1
Number of authors19 12 2 3 1 1

Occurrences of swept in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
tae be fair tae him, but he's swept aside anaw. When ah get his a on page 12

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
has, lang, been swept awaa on page 129

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Swept unner the cairpet acause it h on page 31

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
lobby's mopped, the pads are swept, the grass is cut, the flooer on page 77

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
h blood ablaw the bridge it's swept the hing away. on page 48

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
ashelt ghaist-whisperin wrack swept on page 16

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Swept awa bi the haun o history. on page 27

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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
an tied aneath her face. She swept up the bairn an cairtit him b
in weeks. The street hid bin swept clear bit the slate slabs an
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
t wi the bluid o the natives, swept aa afore them. This wisnae th
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
emen, gaithered roon thaim an swept thaim intae a muckle haa, whi
lat her be, an wi a jirk, he swept awa wi as muckle deegnity as
, bit it’s a meeserable win-swept, stoory hellhole. A bit lik X
quarter o the flowe that had swept doon it a hunner years afore.
hir fowk. Aathin etten.” He swept his erm across the horizon th
11 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
y waws ae the hoose. The bins swept by an avalanche ae snow, brok
layin oan the radio while Jim swept up the snow aff the drive way
2 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
nger. Doon ablow us the hills swept away
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
ivvry twa wiks. Onywye it wis swept nae lang ago." on page 35

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. Ach...Ah s'pose Ah wis jist swept awa wi't aa - fair teen in, on page 49

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I swept oot the shed fur the tatties on page 1

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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
bars, swept him back on page 9

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Streetlights, like vicars, swept thum oot the oil- on page 27

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ng robes, a purple cloak that swept tae the grund an high-heeled,
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
When a' but swept away on page 15

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e knelt doon at the hairth an swept away the ashes frae the nicht on page 10

1 matches

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