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Use in varieties of Scots

drear Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.2 3.7 3.2 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences107 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of drear in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
wi grief and facin prospects drear, she wis nou aa her lane wi t on page 63

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
n pitmirk daurkness, lood and drear, on page 115

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Fir doom an gloom, an stories drear, on page 48

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
wi fear in ruifless halls gey drear, on page 29

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Dreich an drear the nicht,
The day wis drear, an sae wis I.
2 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
The nicht was dark an drear the sky, on page 11

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
is flegsum, drear,
1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Ain swallow aip thon wunter drear, on page 24

1 matches

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