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Use in varieties of Scots

sweeng Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.3 0.5 1.5 89.4 0 0 0
Number of occurrences111 1 9 0 0 0
Number of authors5 1 1 3

Occurrences of sweeng in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e chocolate works sterted tae sweeng open. on page 66

1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
o e back stairs. He'd teen a sweeng at a bird at flew ower his he on page 27

1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gallows Ha - Birlan wae the wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sweeng them back and lit them go. on page 32

3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
aalwarld things. Thir haands sweeng closs, touch, twine, pull bac on page 62

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sweeng them back and lit them go. on page 153

3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
Thair hands sweeng closs, touch, twine,
1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
a hard ootside wirker an wid sweeng a cubby o' tang on her back l
1 matches

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