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voar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 1.5 0 89.4 191.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences463 0 9 33 1 0
Number of authors19 3 6 10 1

Occurrences of voar in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
cranreuch; pressin haurd oan Voar on page 149

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ine, frae No. 56, awa back in Voar 2000, richt up ti No. 72, at on page 6

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“In the voar,” sayed Kamile, “quhan th
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The Year Roond - Voar on page 65

3 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Voar gowsters on page 93

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
Voar on page 18

2 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
Hid cin be aboot the spring (voar/vore) or iny o the ither seas

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
g there, bonny as a flooer in voar.
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
lenmoncrieff Thoo haed a puer voar time indeed. Heup hid disno c (2020) twitter link

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
Effie's Voar on page 19

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an day, fir da months, fir da voar an hairst, an da settin oot o on page 3
again, an dat der wid aye be voar an hairst, simmer an winter. on page 8
Da ploo'd rig looks fir da voar speets on page 35
Der's da voar an hairst, fir plantin an hir on page 51
lik da rivin o da dim; lik da voar speets dat mak da aert clair on page 67

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
Hit wis bön da Voar Redd Up an dey wir very littl on page 8

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Less a less, dir neddir voar or hairst nooadays, fur naebo on page 1
ae machinery on da crofts, da voar wis aa wrocht wi da spedd, so on page 7
k her fur a neebir, fur every voar I used ta look fur dat sam pe on page 8
chickens dey brocht oot i da voar, dey wir da fine, nae compari on page 15
dey gude ta kerry it up i da voar time, ta pit ipo dir riggs, a on page 56
Also on pages 71
6 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Da girss vimmirs ati'da voar ræin on page 19

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
da beam o Sabbath stour, late Voar licht. on page 30

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Niep tyd an voar tyd. on page 27

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
oɐ /voɐr/ (voar) on page 24
abiodental fricative /voɐr/ (voar) on page 26
wi saisons: da voar, da simmer, da hairst, da win on page 62

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
maybe roond voar, or eftir hairst.' on page 23

1 matches

Sutherland, Stella Half a Twalmont, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
draems voar an simmer trow:
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
da banks - especially in da Voar, whin dey wid reenge intae pl

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
anted da violet willows in da Voar o 2007. Feth, dey’ve fairly
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
said Birsie. “Hit’ll be voar afore du kens hit, an A’ll
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
care aboot wir envionment. At voar yowes depend on trows. Wir ke
n. He’s looking forward tae voar when he’ll be a prood faide
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
A voar highlight is frogs gadderin i
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
g me it really actually is da voar/spring despite it feelin lik (2020) search twitter
hs and sufferin and strains o voar, we hae folk here dat choose (2020) search twitter
It's a day o' Voar wirk and I canna get rid o da(2014) search twitter
day taes o da year, den a Voe Voar Redd Up tae clear up efter a (2014) search twitter
2020. A pretty peerie sign o Voar #spring #Shetland https://t.c(2020) search twitter

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
cranreuch; pressin haurd oan Voar on page 216

1 matches

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