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Use in varieties of Scots

troll Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 2.6 0 0 11.6 0 17.7
Number of occurrences115 0 0 2 0 4
Number of authors7 4 2 1

Occurrences of troll in Corpus

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Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Ahint keyboards the wee troll hides; on page 104
Is there that troll wha sneers in shame, on page 105

2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
…….” Hod oan a meenit! Troll back a couple o’ answers!
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
Erra we troll muted! Shout intae a void wee(2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
lokiscottishrap He cried me a troll an blocked me... for scrievin (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2021) Shetland
peerie friend Rasmie da trow(troll) tae see Ertie da trow dis ef

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
and, and seem to be a kind of troll/fairy hybrid. They’re said t(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
Big Billy Goat sed, “A big troll baes unner the brig. Trolls a
Billy Goat Gruff sed, “The troll wull naw ait mae. Trolls dinn
rig sed, “Trip-trip-” The troll sed, “Wha trips ower mae br
m? “Go on, then,’ sed the troll. “Trip-trip, trip-trip, tri
4 matches

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