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Use in varieties of Scots

dreamt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 11.8 7.5 19.9 40.7 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3823 5 2 7 0 1
Number of authors21 12 3 2 3 1

Occurrences of dreamt in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
First, she dreamt aboot wee Alice hersel: wance on page 122

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
lder burds we've only heard n dreamt ae. on page 22

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Nor dreamt o kings, nor focht oor enemie on page 198

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
st dream last night. First ah dreamt that ma grampa (fae ma ma's s on page 41

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An the things we've aye dreamt o, on page 38

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
I dreamt a scar wis gien me yet I didn on page 76

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Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
She fell intae a dwam. She dreamt she wis lyin nixt tae a warm on page 51

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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
We dreamt heroes’ dreams
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
fae the Catalan architect wha dreamt it tae the Sooth African gran
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
roam further. Wan nicht, she dreamt she wis staunin oan a grassy
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e believe it. He had actually dreamt that his grannie an aa his ma
That nicht Beatrice dreamt o Stephen again. She waukent
dreamt o approachin thir fowk. Bit h
That nicht, he dreamt o bairns, bonny an fine-made,
He tried no tae. Bit than he dreamt aboot him - her. Ayweys in s
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
'boon me. Up tae th' body wha dreamt th' night awa'. Up tae th' re
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@iainnicol tweeted
n Dinna tell oniebodie, bit I dreamt A gaed tae a hootenanny fring(2020) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
tae be seer: naething he haed dreamt up himsel; but raither, somet on page 76

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n - mebbe a writer like he'd dreamt o in aa his wild imaginins. on page 95

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ferm tossed on her bowster an dreamt o the ghaistly laidder that r
oo, nae iver. Matty Bruce hid dreamt o bein a lawyer, a doctor, a
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
bles yet hae screivit,or fear dreamt up
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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I drew until I dreamt o me draaeens on page 12

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
though, I niver fur a meenit dreamt that I wid be intae Scottish on page 48

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"I dreamt dey wir an elephant in da sou on page 51
ta happen tae dee. Dats why I dreamt aboot yun elephant. Dir a bad on page 53

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Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
, (an every night afore) he'd dreamt aboot a ring; hit wis a dark
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Dreamt dastreen dat I wis Very Unpre (2021) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
heared the telephone. Hadnae dreamt a single thing. Alfie had lif on page 53

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