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revenge Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 9.3 4.5 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2318 3 2 0 0 0
Number of authors17 12 3 2

Occurrences of revenge in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
pered about and there will be revenge for this stunt: on page 57

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
mou an its thirst for pluidy revenge. The news o Drumclog wad stei on page 39
mouth's airmy tuik a terrible revenge. Hunners o brave men dee'd at on page 51

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae collapse oor the table but revenge is oan ma mind. So, ah goes t on page 81

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
uid, haein jist been killt in revenge fer the execution o Wishart. on page 118
s they micht hae had o takkin revenge were suin stoppt when the pop on page 128

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
plotted an planned tae tak ma revenge, on page 36
h is the Tories juist waanted revenge, on page 75

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Ma cauld revenge in a sair-wrackin dose; on page 7

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The black thirst o revenge was on ma laird, on page 35

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
sense o misgaen opportunitie. Revenge is taen on Gilmanscleuch bi H on page 138

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
tuik his revenge fir this sair black affront,
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
tae uphaud the bairn king an revenge on thaim that murdert the Lor
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
weeks Claverhoose wud hae his revenge fur bein chased awa.

@Chazzbat tweeted
ckson's dochters exacting her revenge fer her mither's deith? #TheH(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
revenge is sweet - top drawer https: (2021) twitter link

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ist wid guess ready tae exact revenge for the fruitless venture.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ll dying hospice patient take revenge Free chapter https://t.co/KoN(2017) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@DoricPhrases "Revenge is best served wi yer thermal(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
y in his bed wi the light on, revenge, in his hert, slowly burned. on page 16

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Bit revenge wis the engine, I doot, no lo on page 27

1 matches

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