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Use in varieties of Scots

glisks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 4 1.5 9.9 5.8 0 9.7
Number of occurrences138 1 1 1 0 2
Number of authors9 5 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of glisks in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
rae the cowl: grey-brown silk glisks in the weak November sun. The on page 3

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
dnae unnerstaund. It wis like glisks o lightnin. Wee waffs o light on page 158

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
hed alang, they caucht sudden glisks o unco and wunnerfu things ga on page 139

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
tae jalouse whit thochts and glisks and wuidrims the harns it ain on page 18

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
them baith he is worshipt and glisks wi glawrie. on page 97

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
are aa glisks o Eternity on page 80

1 matches

Lawrenson, Dorothy Ranch Road 12, San Marcos, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Fife, poetry
glisks o starns: ae, twa, a thoosan
1 matches

Robertson, James Dr Wha, (Scottish Poetry Library 2018) Central, poetry
micht be mere glisks o life-forms yet tae be.
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
reeks oot tae You a stray dug glisks at me tomataes fit tae birst on page 3

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
whips, the reid rivan an gowd glisks, the skyran dancers ower the on page 53

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
nivver buskit in sic gowlden glisks. on page 33

1 matches

Ulster

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
experienced monie byordinar glisks o nature. Ah hae jaloused, th
burnin. His poems gie wee glisks o a lan whar maist folk had l
2 matches

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