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Use in varieties of Scots

fierce Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.3 13.8 3.2 9.9 5.8 10.9 17.7
Number of occurrences3526 2 1 1 1 4
Number of authors22 14 1 1 1 1 4

Occurrences of fierce in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
And the hill, sherp, craggy, fierce wi black rock, wis cawin him on page 18

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
The sun's fierce beams bored throu on page 10

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
The excitement it wis fierce, on page 11

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Deerness in the Orkneys in a fierce December storm. Twa hunner an on page 39
that froze the Ayr solid; an fierce bitter storms that sent snaw- on page 56

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
he Rhymer stumbles out As the fierce galloping on page 3
The wood echoes with fierce lament; Dark forms stalk thro on page 6

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wi fierce contempt warn't thaim tae hau on page 14

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ye look roond and see an Awfe Fierce Huffalamp keekin doon at ye, on page 47

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
They flung fierce words and sometimes worse, on page 17

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Bothwell was fierce for ma caus. on page 35

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Ends this fierce-like flude o legs on page 19

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
sneered. "Doesna look aw that fierce tae me," he said. "Whit dae y on page 33

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Wyvin forrit wi fierce snuffs. on page 75

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
Fierce blasts o muir flung fistfus o on page 107

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
een fear o the doctor and the fierce passion o his ain
lay in the fierce sun that ripens the hairst.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ou', but hugs me, awkward and fierce. Gies me a bosie.
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
‘Child of a fierce hour’, you wir forced
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
as fierce as ony Turk.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Nusiret gied him a fierce leuk.
o her granfaither. Dada had a fierce integrity. Raggle simply had
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
on o Rathillet. He’d been a fierce fighter at Bothwell as weel a
t. It wis haund tae haund and fierce. Later Bruce wud describe the

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
seemed a bit surprised at hoo fierce they devout Christian folk cu

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
he dragoons cudna believe hoo fierce they devout Christian folk cu

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tae pit it on. An sae hard an fierce an bricht wis yon armour, foo
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
kit Rory, forby he luikit sae fierce wi his muckle branchin antler
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Jimmack stuck up a fierce-lukkan scarecrow - hid seun on page 16

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Shetland

Manson, Finnley Wir Beach, (Scots Hoose 2017) Shetland, weans
Da fierce wind howlin
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Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
At ither times the row was fierce on page 158

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Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Strang an rugged, fierce an free on page 45

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Hanna, Wendy Gaitherin’ Purdas!, (Facebook - Schomberg Society 2020) Ulster, poetry
jingle in yer pocket an’ a fierce sore back!
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Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
swing han-ower-han, tae drap fierce-eed amang trimmlin German soa
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