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Use in varieties of Scots

dreidfu Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 9 4.4 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences2318 3 0 0 2 0
Number of authors11 10 1 1

Occurrences of dreidfu in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
But nou a dreidfu stairm-clood stours on page 64

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
him. Tae forget a freend is a dreidfu thing. Ilkane hasna haen a fr on page 20

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
and her nou interest in this dreidfu place George haed brocht thai on page 1

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
er an her dug, baith deid you dreidfu morn - I niver cried it 'the on page 46

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
The dreidfu words wid come... And then... on page 19

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
There wis a dreidfu silence. on page 145

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
whit shuid be duin aboot the dreidfu sitiation as regaird, the med on page 50
ll kintra's finances are in a dreidfu state, there's mair an mair f on page 53
steps taewards sortin oot the dreidfu state o landownership in Scot on page 83

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
hanical airm that shot oot wi dreidfu force and gruppit a haud o on on page 28
'Dreidfu.' on page 66
efter gaun aw the wey up yon dreidfu pipe?' on page 168
'But hoo dreidfu for him!' cried Chairlie. on page 169

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
t frichtenit fowk warst o aw. Dreidfu stores thai wes; anent hingin on page 5

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
tae clatter tae an frae his dreidfu close. on page 112

1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
pt oot o us aw, yin bi yin, a dreidfu wrench o grief in the pit o o
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ad a couple o oors afore that dreidfu wumman landit at the hospital
eve her. Appairently it wis a dreidfu aith unner a lie detector, a
2 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
On hearin yon dreidfu aith, Isie's een grew wide as
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ose the daith penalty, or the dreidfu floggins the airmy an navy di
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
chule sports war gyaun tae be dreidfu. Johnny Patterson wis the gle
1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
inin bluid. She telt me o the dreidfu veesion wi a quate caum, sat
an wi it the plague. We hud a dreidfu fluid, like nane we’d seen
2 matches

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