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Use in varieties of Scots

oorie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 16 12.8 0 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4330 8 0 4 0 1
Number of authors21 15 2 3 1

Occurrences of oorie in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Is oorie as on page 14
An oorie hauf-lit haw, on page 80

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
An oorie craik is haurd on page 39

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
His look wis gey oorie, like a bodie tint faur awa. on page 84

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
e saxties, whan he haird this oorie noise. It wis lik a daith rat on page 26

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o oorie sillert grey on page 129

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
in oorie broukit rigs o licht. on page 37

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
y's coupon hud gaed ticht and oorie. She wis as stiff as a stooki on page 187

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
moonlicht or haudin their ain oorie waddins inside the auld mound on page 29
ou he wis an he tellt them an oorie tale. on page 30
It wis a licht... but whit an oorie kind o licht. It wis a horrib on page 65
g afore they caught up wi the oorie baist. On the flat plain afor on page 80
ed. In fact there wis naethin oorie at aw aboot hou they'd manage on page 97
Also on pages 118
10 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
a satisfyin storie aboot the oorie qualities o (aiblins divine) on page 5

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
in wi them - a clamjamfrie o oorie-lookin gadgies o every shape on page 47
hat, in an awfie fantoosh and oorie wey. The Deil's Tongue wis a on page 117

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Abuin ma heid thir cam an oorie tuin, on page 8

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
's no yit three, he looks gey oorie. on page 15

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
unacy in equal meisur, an the oorie tale o weemen in boxes. It a on page 59

1 matches

Robertson, James Melt (Yin), (Kettillonia 2001) Central, poetry
An oorie girnin makar haunts the rones
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
€˜romantic’ an a Jaucobite, oorie, an fain o Gaelic sang. The n
n. An sae enns the tale o the oorie keekin-gless.
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
made an oorie backgrun for the still swaws
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
e o the chaumer abuin, castin oorie, swippert shaidaes throu the
1 matches

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Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
A chap at e door on an oorie forenicht on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
derin ower the dykes wi lang, oorie shaddas, my da badd me takk a on page 51

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
Wi an oorie glower.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n wi fire an caunlelicht. The oorie face o the lichtit neep teeti
us that gart it glow green an oorie like a fireflaucht. Neist he
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
cried the twa sisters, an the oorie tree flyped ower an cam fleet
h wi the gowd, an back up the oorie tree she sclims wi a coconut
ien wye tae dreidfae snell an oorie cauld. Ae wolf wad catch the
3 matches

Shetland

Mainland, Jim Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
as oorie as ony in a draem - on page 28

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
s, watch-too'ers, bunkers; da oorie on page 27

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Soondscapes, (Shetland For Wirds 2015) Shetland, poetry
o birds, a oorie whirr, a vimmerin
1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Geo. Bonxie Geo wis da maist oorie cave tae da wastird, we hits
1 matches

Ulster

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
hissel. He grew mair and mair oorie. Life wasnae worth ocht wi hi
1 matches

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