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fearsome Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 9.3 9 9.9 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2718 6 1 0 0 2
Number of authors20 12 5 1 2

Occurrences of fearsome 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

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
im an aa whan he lairnt o the fearsome diagnosis, the twa o thaim si on page 20

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ae thrive an win oot agin the fearsome auld o a Muirkirk winter, she on page 27
alouse their worries frae the fearsome graith that a wheen o the fer on page 35

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
These were pirates with fearsome teeth and beards, Demons with on page 64

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
made fae the poodered fangs o fearsome serpents and it wis guarantee on page 101

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nd - aff the back o spendin a fearsome lot o siller in the seats the on page 8

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
uid whip oot o its coils at a fearsome speed. It had tae gang ower a on page 40
laypotts Castle. Aw thru that fearsome nicht ye wuid see unnatural f on page 117

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
aye thinkin oan mair fearsome wappens tae clout thair neebo on page 120

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
I hear the fearsome Earl in his daurk weskit o au on page 37

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
nk." The mannie pit yin o his fearsome hooks on Klaus's shooder, "I on page 90

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
O pittin things, them bein fearsome thinkers, kind. on page 98

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The cause o this maist fearsome spleuk? on page 72

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Man, yon's a fearsome baest says I. on page 75

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
persisted spitin the fearsome pressures on page 107

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
In thir fearsome wild attacks
It's no ane o thae fearsome hills
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
ed on wi the French under the fearsome but eydent Mysie Hargreaves,
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Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
he kent he couldna ignore the fearsome growlin o his stomach fur too on page 72

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Oh - she wis a fearsome sicht on page 15

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
o behold their weis licht, an fearsome bricht ena fur a tilly. Aye f on page 4

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Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
A fearsome shadda drapt ower the grun. on page 23

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ye like, repeat the Horsman's fearsome aith:
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
a hill host tae a cat o such fearsome size.
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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
Ah'm the most fearsome beast in this trees. on page 14

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Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A twustér is a fearsome sicht on page 45

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Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Gien a fearsome wild roar
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