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pentit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 19.5 6 0 11.6 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4638 4 0 2 1 1
Number of authors25 18 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of pentit in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Lallans 82 - The Gowden Boat, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Oan a toun pentit grey in the mornin's daw. on page 15

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Huvin his portrait pentit. on page 17

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
e twa knuckles o his trotter, pentit oot MANOR FAIRM frae the tap on page 6

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rue = awbody in England isnae pentit wi the same brush = but there on page 115

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ink fizzog ilk ane o them had pentit on wan side. At the end o the on page 121
ang nairra room. The room wis pentit white aw ower. Even the flair on page 142

2 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
red in gress. Insteid, it wis pentit wi multi-coloured circles ins on page 18

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
newed at least as if they war pentit on page 19
ew built wi yon serpent Rerek pentit on it, on page 35
On pentit cumuli jist rollin by on page 76
In a faur harsh laund, pentit wi shaidaes so ye canna see on page 128

4 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
aid. Ahint him, yin o the een pentit ontae the kitchen waw watched on page 77
ere aye watchin them wi their pentit een. Then the three young fow on page 81
ower the shop. There wis een pentit on the ceilins, and scartit i on page 125
yin a muckle flat bit o widd, pentit tae look like a livin room. T on page 134

5 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
figurs o stane an the bricht-pentit gnomes I had pit there. on page 43

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
an he read the name E. White pentit on the front o't, but the pen on page 65

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
ewort hedna obsairvit. It wes pentit bew outsyde an whyt athin, an
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
pentit ontil the howes o thair feit
Gaitsgill he med pentit wark windaes. Nou he fessed a
2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e pictur o the braw new warld pentit abuin aiblins haes mair adae
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
de, coorse pudendum an mammae pentit in, smirked throu imperfeck c
Hame wes ahint a pentit gless door, in a waff o house
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Bit it's fu o pentit men.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
Roman nemme Picti, meanin “pentit people”, which has lang bee
makar) in 430 BC, descrieve a pentit fowk bidin there.
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
it up, an haed ‘monster’ pentit ower it. Patrick Sellar’s t
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
kkit oor ain pokey hats oot o pentit newspapers an dressed oorsels
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
in the dinkie chaumer wi the pentit widden fluir; an in the beds
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ferent flags; lassies wi blue pentit faces, prood bare-kistit chie
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
props aboot. The auld farrant pentit backdraps that yaised tae set
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
e twa knuckles o his trotter, pentit oot KIRKLANDS FERM frae the t
r o the yett and in its steid pentit ANIMAL FERM. This wis tae be
belanged Mrs Cameron and haed pentit on it a huif and a horn in wh
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ows. The oreeginal picter wis pentit bi Sally J Collins, the kensp
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Dar Oma the museum o pentit gless in Sibiel eemages o the on page 3

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
he staundoot (due tae it bein pentit bricht reid) Temple Bar. Nae on page 8

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
at 1t maan jist hae been nyow pentit, it lyeukit aat bricht an sti on page 42

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
A stap maist aften by the pentit cannases,
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
simmer, his peerie boat newly pentit an tarred, an he wid gying am on page 2
wid see dat, so he tweetit an pentit, an finally set his snow whit on page 71

2 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
erliest Chinese airtefacts ar pentit staneweir pats, like the ane on page 5

1 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
t's an oul rauchle o a place, pentit white, wi tha gavel-en recht on page 27

1 matches

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