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wattir Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.1 23.7 0 0 5.8 144.7 0
Number of occurrences6247 0 0 1 14 0
Number of authors3 1 1 1

Occurrences of wattir in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
, sae kiz Ioniae wes owre the wattir frae Grew, an the pley on the on page 12

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
the spence, an drunk rumb an wattir verra strang. Maist he wuidna on page 4
n he tuik a dale mair rumb an wattir nir hiz heid cuid cairrie; an on page 5

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
lang rowe ir sassenger, grene wattir-pruif cairtclaith outsyde an on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
teiklaritie on the face o the wattir. The gryte powls at uphauddit on page 41
ither warl wes ablo the mirk wattir o lochs an stanks, no in the on page 44

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
rvins agin the meirrour o the wattir." on page 1
deskreive the cauldnes o the wattir, the caller souch o the win a on page 6
rvins agin the meirrour o the wattir. The rodd wes grytely chynged on page 8

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
d on the ege o a weill stowed wattir. Nivver in hiz lyfe hed he se
ver in hiz lyfe hed he sein a wattir afoir – this sleke, sinnoni
n chairmed. Bi the syde o the wattir he treitilt as ye treitil wha
doun on the brae, whyles the wattir aye blethered awaw til him, a
the gerss an vissied owre the wattir, a derk bore i the bank oppos
23 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
furby hae a owerflowe intil a wattir course. Bot whan
ers cam ti meisur the flowe o wattir, at wes mair nor yibbil ti
an thai pyntit out at the wes wattir
an tuim out the wattir wi a pail. Than a speirt at a
wes feichtie wattir. The dunnie wes fluidit agane
12 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Böd, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
o da wattir roon da mön
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ase an made for the muinlicht wattir: on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Maple leifs dounfaw on the wattir. on page 39

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
31. The South Room bi the Wattir: do.
41. Rain on the Wattir: do.
mornins thay sent me ti draw wattir,
Hir door opent on the whyte wattir
On the mirk wattir i the teimin rain;
12 matches

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