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wund Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words34.2 34.8 18 9.9 5.8 258.4 13.3
Number of occurrences11169 12 1 1 25 3
Number of authors23 16 2 1 1 4 1

Occurrences of wund in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
y set aff alang the path that wund ita wey doon the brae. It wis on page 59

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ellises tae blaw a blouster o wund up throu the coal tull the fi on page 21

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
n jaggie-nettles blawn in the wund, bit thare wis no mistak. A d on page 58

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
the watter leukit bleck. The wund reeshelt the sauch fullyery t on page 22

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
the wund whuppin its braith through th on page 35
flidderin careless in the wund. Her lungs souch - on page 45

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ld ferriet ower tae May Isle, wund an tide allowin. Forby, Bridi on page 11
gin yi micht return whan the wund hauds yi beachit. A wee laith on page 14

13 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
icht, there's a richt gell o' wund startin' tae blaw up the noo. on page 11
eet at nicht whan we hear the wund howlin', an' oor men are oot on page 15
will ye jist listen tae that wund? It's fairly gittin' up noo, on page 22
' the bairns gittin' up, this wund's got them aw steered up, aw on page 30
nder whar they are in aw this wund? Noo, noo Maggie, ye kent fin on page 33
Also on pages 38
8 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
the winter, the freezin cauld wund blew across the flair aw nich on page 5
r the snaw, there cam a snell wund that blew for days and days w on page 45
, walkin back hame wi the icy wund in his fizzog (and by the wey on page 49
ahint him like a flag in the wund. on page 118
ie could hear the skirl o the wund ootside as it hurtled forrit on page 140

6 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ir wey hauf an oor efter. The wund had drapped, and the snaw, sc on page 3
'jist by this widd, oot o the wund, because here's where I thoch on page 7
t where I said I did, sae the wund must hae blawn it here. And t on page 15
as it wis waarm and oot o the wund they wid sit theirsels doon t on page 119
ye've been warslin intae the wund for miles, and ye suddenly ga on page 120
Also on pages 121, 122, 123, 129
13 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wund in his draigelt cloak whaur s on page 26

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
The wund's new airt, ye'd think, wad g on page 14
The wund blattered throu me, and I cur on page 24
d it up the threid's no ti be wund up in ony wey on page 26

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
i shooglie knees, feart o the wund and his ain shadda. on page 5
ht the guff o somethin on the wund. It smelled kinna like foosti on page 21

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
n open windae. Whuff gaed the wund - or wis it that sleekit wee on page 74

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
gurlie an gowstie's the wund, see, hushlin mang the shaws on page 29

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 73 - Wrack, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
bi the banesair wund. Unprecedented on page 77

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Bit aa this is whustlin i the wund unless a staundart emerges wi on page 56

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
weel, cairried by the birslin wund
1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an a snell wund blawin throu Washington,
1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
le roon his heid a keen snell wund,
like thi blusterin wund oor rest is haunted
2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
wi chuckies, plants, watter, wund an sky,
o wund, juist hoo
2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ni sail’t gey close tae the wund wi their satires on the bourg
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
et him intae trouble. Sae the wund god heezed up Hippomenes’s
t aff for her mornin rin, the wund dirlin throu the hairs o her
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ilka chute intae a roch kip, wund the lines roon it, an set aff
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
“Whan the wund blaws I can feel the shape o
ttled, faint i the lull o the wund, an returned the binoculars t
2 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
oor hauf-apen an blown in the wund. Whit wey oniebody wad gie Fa on page 97
o the herbour bield a terrel wund wis blawin, an fite freeth wi on page 98
ey-clash, bit clypin agin the wund o opeenian wis nae yiss at pr on page 99

3 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
ae the muin an sterns tae the wund an weet A doodilt an the deid on page 3

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
n windae, the caller gliffs o wund taisled ma hair an wafft ma g on page 80

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ee bittie smirr blawin in the wund that
him. Stanin nae faur, bit up-wund fae oo, was a hird o ten tae
the wund. Its een war wide-waukin an h
as a guid oor. A licht pech o wund lappert the watter tae the na
wund its wey doon, gang ower cragg
5 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He wund doon the Rover windows and sp on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
aboot aa dis time laek things wund up, set dem doon ageen, aafil on page 100

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
the wund o a mirk nicht skreichin frae on page 137

2 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
afore a douce wund on page 37
The wund is sherp, the clouds are hie, on page 38
s a cloud Ah reinge afore the wund. on page 40

3 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - A Whein Auld Chinese Saws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
til a speider is like an ill wund in the desert. on page 83

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
bi the back-end wund.
1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
syne sperfilt its auss ti the wund.
The Back End wund is blawin,
the snell mornin wund is souchin.
hyte horses skiffin afore the wund.
The wund blaws the lest leafs awa.
16 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
gat the wund up an stertit tae leuk aa owr
1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
€™d niver seen, a land wi nae wund nor rain, nae sun nor muin, a
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
ye can hear them yet, on tha wund, aye whusperin an clackin, oo on page 14
An aye tha coul wund screamed. on page 16
Tha saft wund gied a sigh. on page 21

3 matches

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