A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

defied Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.6 2.1 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences54 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 4 1

Occurrences of defied in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
roun strauchtened her back an defied this son o Satan wi a witheri on page 47

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
defied ony thochts o grandeur or ill
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
t a waste eh time but a still defied her, ma heart wis set oan bei
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
time cam doon hard on them as defied the law.

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fyow portraits oan canvas at defied description. on page 29

1 matches

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