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Use in varieties of Scots

terrifyin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.7 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1211 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of terrifyin in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e whan Scotland faces a truly terrifyin future at the hauns o neo-con on page 104

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
The scaly cratur gave a terrifyin hiss as it rearit up an cam a on page 79
fore, stimulatin poor fowk an terrifyin the rich. An Davie, tho nae s on page 83
saw them as aw the same - a terrifyin onset o seekness that wis gua on page 96

3 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
gin doon, Larry said it wis a terrifyin sight e wid niver forget, som on page 43

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n save ye fae. Must’ve been terrifyin right enough.’ McShane sais
1 matches

Briggs, Susi My Yellow Yorlin, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Ane lanely terrifyin mornin
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
in tae mak some sense o their terrifyin, tapsalteerie warld. A reek o
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
This must be terrifyin tae be in the midst o. ???? h(2020) search twitter
This is terrifyin. https://t.co/u1IF9CKlly(2020) search twitter
@MissPotkin That is terrifyin.(2020) search twitter

Doric

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Onybody else made terrifyin shrucken heids wi laist year' (2020) twitter link