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Use in varieties of Scots

swords Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 13.9 4.5 19.9 11.6 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences3827 3 2 2 1 3
Number of authors20 14 2 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of swords in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n tallied about saxty mair wi swords or pistols, an a few wi muske on page 35
ets ahint thaim .. . Thaim wi swords an pistols an scythes, oot on on page 36
eheld in the thrap o pikes an swords an men an beasts, a man hingi on page 38
ty, alangside a hantle o auld swords an pistols slairit wi creesh on page 42
r backs while twa ithers held swords at their craigs. Then Claverh on page 45
Also on pages 47, 53
8 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Fowk in Mull Drounit bi reik. Swords scythit Kintyre Reapin Scots on page 14

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
? Then they've fell oan their swords fur this generation before. A on page 141

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
it dae YOU know aboot samurai swords, Sammy?' mah maw asks me. Fai on page 171

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
m a handfu o sodgers wi drawn swords in their hands. 'Have you see on page 24

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
he castles, brek oot guns and swords, on page 5

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O rival swords, wi Tetanus tae cut on page 46

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Let their swords, like ma wirds, on page 35

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
hat yin. Arras skite aff him. Swords jist tickle his belly. Ye're on page 6
Aw efterninn, chappin wi thie swords and jaggin wi the bleezin tor on page 13
ut it wis ower late. Wi their swords oot, Diomedes and his men wer on page 37
terin Hercules and his men wi swords and chibs. The sailors tried on page 41

4 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
brustin shellfire, is wuiddin swords riss an fell, inveesible hors on page 63
Forleetit swords an horses swick becam Spitfir on page 64

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
like a wappon in shape, like swords or spears. Anither weel kent
1 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
hough they dinnae hae guns or swords, tae prevent onyone getting a
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s cairried as weill’s thair swords, an he wis hackin at the manâ
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
the muskets, pistols, basket-swords broad-swords, dirks, targes,
broad-swords, dirks, targes, and the first

Doric

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
faced each ither, drew their swords and shot each ither .... Ah t
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
waas. Paintings, sculptures, swords, spears and shields lined the
y tae chop ye wi their raised swords.
2 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
the fields wae aixes and wae swords. on page 43

2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
n cam ta life an gied fir dir swords, bit Jesus telt dem ta tak pa on page 145

2 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
dirl i the wund like the swords
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
he' sayed, "Loard, here's twa swords." Sayed he bak tae thaim, "Th on page 107
ayed, "Loard, shud we tak oor swords tae thaim?" An yin o thaim hu on page 108

3 matches

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