spear | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 8.6 | 28 | 17 |
ORK - Orkney | 9.9 | 1 | 1 |
SHD - Shetland | |||
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 6.5 | 2 | 2 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | |||
DOR - General Northern | 4.4 | 1 | 1 |
NEC - North East Central | 92.7 | 2 | 1 |
SEC - (South) East Central | 7.6 | 3 | 2 |
WCE - West Central | |||
DUN - Dundee | 21.2 | 2 | 2 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 6.3 | 1 | 1 |
GLA - Glasgow | 4.6 | 1 | 1 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 13.1 | 1 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 18.6 | 14 | 6 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | |||
SWE - South West (Galloway) | |||
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | |||
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | |||
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | |||
GUL - General Ulster | |||
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
h wis a craw, wi a neb like a spear, an scunnerin table mainners,
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
atower the lift, a shinin spear,
Transfixed it wi his spear,
2 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
atin cratur wi a special lang spear, richt thru the hairt. This w on page 41
1 matches
Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
nae grund. He wis stuik wi a spear tae the thraipple bit gied na on page 14
6 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
I'm sweert to spear. on page 31
1 matches
Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Fidgin wi blood-drooth, his spear in his haun. on page 22
3 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ht shairply intae sicht: thay spear cuid Scotland staun alane eft on page 110
1 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The elder disnae spear the birch on page 81
1 matches