preens | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurences normalised per million words | 7.4 | 4.3 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 40.7 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
lengin aa comers tae game for preens. The lassie, Derriakin, kep h
se); Ah (possessor) hae three preens (neutral as tae possession, p
); thoo (possessor) haes mair preens (neutral as tae possession, p
(possessor) haena sae muckle preens (neutral as tae possession, p
roon, gaed back tae gamin for preens, an Beatrice wisna ill-please
7 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wummin's hair lowsed frae its preens at nicht. An the clyack wis b
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
preens. They’d fand their wye inno
an kilts, their siller plaid preens glimmrin in the sun, birlin a
2 matches
Harper, Edith Legacy, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
Her warld wis ane o preens an tylers chack;
1 matches
Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
hats an shuin an steys an hat-preens, for Duiweel an Persevere hed on page 35
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
strokin alang da lie o da preens - on page 111
o rötin paddock-stöl, pine preens on page 112
brotch-preens a flooerin blue-melt apö mi on page 115
3 matches
Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
h an a funny feelin no unlaek preens an needles.
1 matches