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The word 'shadows'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shadowsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33120
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 52.5 5 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 30.1 6 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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)

Occurrences of shadows in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tae add shadows tae the land. on page 31

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ered off t'waard The roadside shadows, on page 6

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
whar wur eternally needy shadows hung oot. on page 12

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tae add shadows tae the land on page 157

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
long shadows ahint on the grund on page 17

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
of dark stone and even darker shadows caused by the reluctant dayli
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
in the shadows on page 8
ayont the shadows on page 28
still, tae Joan they were shadows on page 32
cht differ, it wad seem their shadows are still on page 34

4 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Why should the shadows come?
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alastair Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Win, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Thae shuffelt shadows mak it seem on page 90

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
later in the evenin, when the shadows were streetchin langer on the
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
eenit or twa, I could mak oot shadows an ither things, so it wisna on page 21

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
the darklin shadows brocht a sombre mood.
1 matches

West Central

Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
As days were giy dark an the shadows were aw A could see
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie.
the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie.
2 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
anthers, creepin aboot in the shadows, only seen when they want tae on page 5

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
iz an sideyways, it casts wee shadows oan yir plooks. Thir Immense on page 2
e angle ay the saft wan casts shadows oan the scars left fae the ac on page 3

2 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
n off her collarbones, an the shadows it created made the daurk, sa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae see him, emergin fae the shadows, cuppin a doo in his haun. â€
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oabby, a figure stauns in the shadows, the grey bristles ay his fac
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
as days were giy dark and the shadows were aw A could see, on page 92

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
nces line the walls, throwing shadows. My Lady's jewels glint in th on page 3

2 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Between the trees the shadows shun on page 15
Dark shadows form a frosted cloak on page 38

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
na sits by the window, wi the shadows growin lang, on page 20

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Let me lift the shadows and take his hand. on page 73

1 matches

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