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Use in varieties of Scots

feared Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 11.8 4.5 0 0 20.7 48.7
Number of occurrences3923 3 0 0 2 11
Number of authors17 9 3 2 3

Occurrences of feared in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
tter wis dwinnlin that fast I feared the warst. on page 28
h,' I said tae him, 'Iam unco feared...' But he interponed. on page 82
ad,' I said tae him, 'ye were feared.' on page 84
An he sat doun as he wis feared. Syne he added: on page 89

5 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
For he aywiss feared the cockerel's call on page 17

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
nt cross he had tae bear, but feared that neither o thaim wad see on page 25
Claverhousge the Claverhouse feared an hated by the guid folk o t on page 38
e sin o pride that John Broun feared, had raised its ugly heid ama on page 39
ication. 'O Lord. The thing I feared is come upon me... O gie me t on page 46
were still detachments tae be feared up in the Leidhills an doun a on page 58
Also on pages 60
6 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
They feared this northren wanderer Wha sp on page 7
o France, he gien a dance: He feared or else forgot on page 8

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he wis yince yin ae the maist feared faces in the hale ae Edinburg on page 73

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
"Ar yes no feared?"
"What ar the ti be feared fae?"
hed at him, "What, like you'r feared fae us?"
3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s a Christian, that she wisna feared tae respond tae my witness. I
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
That made the folks a’feared;
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A feared that this micht come, somehoo
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
thing wis, thay seemed tae be feared fae me. But tho Cranmore haed
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y the type ay conversation ah feared ah’d huv tae endure the nig
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
opened his zip - jist as he feared His yalla fish hid disappeare on page 15

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
respeckit chiels, or mairlike feared, but aa on page 10

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Minto o the parish kirk (wha feared there may be somethin ungodly
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Ah feared eet micht injure th brain; on page 45

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
wor_Geordie_ That’s whit ahm feared o’ ??(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
They're feared o tha skull o McBane. on page 9
aun a wurd o it. Tha neebour, feared o sic eldrich yarns, scooted on page 14
an keek up, feared. on page 47
they lairned her weans tae be feared on page 56

4 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
An ah was hairt-feared.
Ah was hairt-feared o leavin Greenland Grove.
nny tae see that ah was hairt-feared.
3 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
l @williedrennan - dinnae be feared! http:/thegellick.blogspot.co (2014) twitter link
ir_fecht @ianjamesparsley I'm feared I'm no spakin it richt noo, f (2015) twitter link
Tha Ulster-Scots are feared o man nor baist, nor virus! h (2020) twitter link
Wha's feared tae yarn o #UlsterScots ? htt (2016) twitter link

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