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Use in varieties of Scots

dree Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.9 23.6 6 0 17.4 0 4.4
Number of occurrences5446 4 0 3 0 1
Number of authors28 22 3 3 1

Occurrences of dree in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
here whaur naithin growes but dree on page 22
There's no a dree ah couldnae thole on page 78
posies wi yer glazie lift an dree on page 106

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ther an whit she saw gart her dree the waurst. Her mither haed p on page 21

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The swaird-scaurs ah dree are the seembols ae honour, on page 36

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
worsent her hoast sae he wad dree the stang o remorse nanethele on page 33
richt certain it winna gar me dree lang?' on page 83
wisna guid tae come. Ye will dree pyne. I will seem tae be deid on page 88

3 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
hamewards, there's somethin I dree, That she's poukit a poulet o on page 44

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ie! Whatna dour weird he maun dree, wi no e'en saxpence for a Sa on page 46

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
haud forrit wi this miserable dree? Acause nearlins the hale o t on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
it up tae lips still dree on page 44

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
t yin wis spared this dreadfu dree, on page 34
sae yer dree o puirtith diminishes, an wan on page 107

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
eichsprotektor Heydrich canna dree on page 45
nae human sowel should ever dree on page 49

2 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
s and seamaws in the air, and dree the westlin wind and blatteri on page 47

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
, I ken ower weel the dule ye dree: on page 45

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
aurker nor Scots e'er hed tae dree. Mireille, an epic o hauflin on page 50

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
they tholed punishment as men dree it on page 97

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
eer intae th'abyss. Undeemous dree. Sains are aa; on page 95

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
At weirdit me tae dree sic dule an wae. on page 42
sic a wecht o dule an pyne I dree, on page 43
The pynes I dree eenou, for aa thay're sair: on page 44

3 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
r vexed. An maist o thaim dae dree sic a weird, includin the big on page 128

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
hat helped thaim win throu an dree sic a weird. An here the poet on page 134

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McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
But then some dree o'mirk an' never mair on page 63

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
daes wi their Nynorsk, we can dree variants ithin the staunart,
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
at a body haes nae chyce) an "dree" (tae pit up wi something as
o the richt sowel o the leid. Dree oot the inch when ye hae thol
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Post-Its, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
Sair dree, smaa rewaird,
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
dance the time at swither an dree wis joukin in the shaddaes. E
1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
olitical, religious an social dree — haes meant the extant lav
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
™d kaim tae gar our Marischal dree!
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Britain is free. As bease oo dree a life o dule and thirldom: t
le fermer, but o late he haed dree’d a mishanter. He becam awf
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
mthing, an fast, or they wull dree the weird o dwynin awa intae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
he Cornish folk haes haed tae dree the dunts o litigation frae t
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
wir mither leid haes haed tae dree for far ower lang. Whit wey s
Guid Scots Tung haes haed tae dree a muckle skaith frae aw the a
e stert o anither year is tae dree mair skaith frae fowk that na
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
€˜tein’ meanin ‘sufferin, dree, trauchle’. Forby the Scots
er wimmen – tholes the same dree forby. This Wee Windae is ane
2 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Compared wi noo, oor dree wis hard,
1 matches

Doric

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
"Tak twa beuks wi ye as ye dree yir weird - on page 138

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Sall cry tae dree her fleysome lair A lassock d on page 8

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
kleburgh,. Pat Duguid's warst dree wis that Neil wad find his bi
hame an leave the planet tae dree its weird. Ane o the heidmais
2 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
wi your ain mortality, I kin dree hit oot, bit idder folk? Hit'
1 matches

Mainland, Jim Performance (After Les Murray), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
naethin can aese da döl I dree.
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
ess, lang is hed saek ills ta dree
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
sayed that Christ wud hae tae dree aa these thïngs afore he gae on page 111

1 matches

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