spied | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 26.9 | 14.2 | 64.5 | 59.6 | 29.1 | 10.3 | 17.7 | |
Number of occurrences | 87 | 28 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
Number of authors | 34 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Shuin, the Rabbit spied Alison, as she huntit aboot, on page 32
ist gied a braid grin when it spied Alison. It luikit guid-naitur on page 44
6 matches
Rhind, Neil Eemis Stane 2 - The Ploom, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
There arenae plooms spied on yon tree. on page 5
1 matches
Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Ah spied a couple coortin, on page 53
2 matches
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
y oot o the mist abune thaim. Spied an surrounded at ance by a ri on page 45
wis nae time for a man tae be spied oot on the muir by Bruce o Ea on page 51
an a troop o his sodgers spied him. Wi nae mercy nor questio on page 59
3 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
even see the Prince, but she spied the King, sittin himself wi a on page 83
ot. He hadna gone far when he spied Annie wi the buffert, standin on page 91
2 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Spied out disorder's seeds ere they on page 8
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
" shoutit the king when he as spied the door wi the X on it. on page 44
1 matches
Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Gruggie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
a an lift gurlie an coorse, A spied it, on page 74
1 matches
Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
A spied aul men wi moos agley, dribbl on page 76
1 matches
Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
an there would ye credit it I spied the ither fella leanin the sa on page 112
1 matches
Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
ook back on the shelf, tho, A spied a slim wee beukie aside it: i
ti apply ti the university, A spied a paragraph in the Scotsman s
2 matches
Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
unny look but ah’ve awready spied the wee lane next tae some in
1 matches
McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
turn frae the course, when he spied a Police helicopter. It moved
1 matches
McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
the the dishes were served A spied a very large chilli bedeckinâ
1 matches
Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
that he didnae understaun. He spied ten ghaistly fitbaw players,
sin wur gethert thegither. He spied dodgy vampires an mair ghouls
2 matches
Facebook link ( 2016) Central
fur them tae be seen, tae be spied on an talked aboot. Much mair
Lawrie, Alistair Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
he lookit UP an spied a horse on page 12
1 matches
Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
A fylie efter, anither chiel spied him an says "Ye're een o them on page 118
1 matches
Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I SPIED HER STANIN 'ERE on page 64
nk ye lost yer quine, weel, I spied her i'streen on page 76
An I spied a loon on page 86
Bit I spied ye min on page 89
I spied a bass an a sea bream on page 98
Also on pages 120, 139, 144, 162
28 matches
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
side MacTavish's desk fan she spied an envelope on the fleer. It on page 106
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a, Pranny luikit aboot hir an spied a coconut tree. She'd hid nae
trin crunch o crisps. Naebody spied Brian an Jenny treetlin up th
heatre, his thochts racin, he spied in a wee side-chaumer the ope
3 matches
Kerr, Oliwia, Sarah and Amber Fiona and the Ring, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
arted to bubble. But then she spied something shining in the burn
1 matches
Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
€˜God,’ Andrew says. He’s spied the standing steens through t
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Kirsty spied a photy o the tangy preened t
t frae a hole in his pooch an spied raw upon raw o shiny sheen, h
course. Wi a sigh o relief he spied
heir fur is short an thin. He spied
ot an hid ahin a cloud fin it spied
5 matches
Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
It was there he spied an engine comin' fae the eith
1 matches
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I spied hid in the paper, wan Thursda on page 3
When I spied a great big bonny lass, I dra on page 29
I spied you sittan in your kerr so I on page 84
3 matches
Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hoo could the lupins, spied on page 25
1 matches
Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
taks the lead. Mimi Marwick's spied hur reflection in the window on page 87
1 matches
Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
run for Alice as shön as dey spied her, but shö ran awa as fast on page 40
t onyeen seein her, whin shö spied somethin uncan appearin ida a on page 85
2 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
a scöl o whaals spied affa Binna Ness. on page 62
1 matches
Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ide spyglesses, Snurtysleeves spied da pond. He fled oot da door
1 matches
Hume, David Aince the corncrake caa’ed, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
An aince A spied a mither’s chicks
1 matches
Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
And as he got closer I spied the box, was all tied up wi s
1 matches