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gret Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words46.5 35.5 4.5 238.5 81.4 124 119.5
Number of occurrences14969 3 24 14 12 27
Number of authors50 22 3 10 9 2 5

Occurrences of gret in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
or wee thing jist sat doon an gret. on page 14
the pool ae tears that she'd gret when she wis nine fit high. on page 21
he air, an the puir wee thing gret that much Alice could hardly on page 60

4 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
You gret at the station years efter wh on page 79

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
the puir wee sowl sat doun an gret. on page 14
n the puil o tears that she'd gret when she wis nine feet heich. on page 20

3 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Ah gret fir ma Rab, on page 16

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
et body, wha never roared and gret at onybody and haurdly ever s on page 60

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'This is awfie!' gret Mrs 'Teeveeheid. 'Whit are we on page 152

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ah heard - else ah micht hae gret. on page 13
Ah mean, ah juist gret an gret aboot it; on page 69

3 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
vered in reid pen. Ah could o gret. But sommat amazin happened l on page 27

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ho the'r some exceptions (She gret an focht fir me afore a left) on page 21

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"But I wantit tae go!" she gret intae the gas fire eftir aabo on page 80
so she sat in the wee cell an gret an gret an gret. on page 85

7 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
how unfair. Violet and Sunny gret alang wi him, and they went o on page 55
gret aw nicht, they got up the nex on page 58

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
t left o the auld Glasgae. Ah gret the day Copland and Lye wis p on page 81

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
wi yin gret lowp on page 16

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
No hou ma wame grew gret. Ma lane on page 18
gin frae the clouds, as God's gret micht on page 24
a hechle's twin asteer in his gret ee. on page 44
Nae heed tae thon gret beast, haud fast, mind aye on page 45
In their gret Secont Comin here on page 49
Also on pages 57, 59
7 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
Dalkeith an aa, an he vernear gret whan he saw Ma Broun's wis aw on page 125

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
a hechle's twin asteer in his gret ee. on page 59
Nae heed ti thon gret beast, haud fast, mind aye on page 60

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
hey're pure taen a lenna me," gret the Gruffalo's wean. on page 21

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
"Aw Kirsty" gret ma maw. "Kin ye no dae onythi on page 118

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
'Teacher?' she gret, 'Teacher wis it? on page 121

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
airts. But he thocht it wis a gret peety that the Scottish pairl
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Dalkeith an aa, an he vernear gret whan he saw Ma Broun's wis aw
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
coudna be duin but wi a wapon-gret investment on the pairt o the
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
r sene fleand in the air. Ane gret part of the wod of Calidon ap
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
o’t. We war gret freinds at thon time an the p
r that November day, a muckle gret big ane.
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
h an depth o his wark is ower gret tae kivvver in muckle particu
ynt o his pencil:" cleekin wi gret feelin the sair labour o the
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
z Lochhead says, "Like life." Gret stuff!
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the likes o Pedro Puddock is gret fun tae read but there mair t
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Being Intimate is gret fun as it rollicks alang at a
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
for a plectrum, mellin wi the gret an the guid o the Rock warld,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ise puppetry skills an aw tae gret effeck, yaisin the tradeition
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Than, tae her gret surprise, he touched her hair
His gret ambeetion wis tae get a post
Thair return wis greetit as a gret diversion. There wis a guid m
d her heid tae her pillae, an gret for her warld - no juist aca
She gret, giein in til the greetin til
11 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
it a skoosh tae hain an study gret muckle dauds o information in
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Daily Record Building on the Banks of the River Clyde, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
odds o twintie year can mak a gret odds on a pairt. The Daily Re
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert The Wit o Solomon, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Yin strag gret her hert oot but,
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
mner Past tense o 'greet' is 'gret' or 'grat'!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
for ther is so gret diversitee on page 7

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
the back o the hoose a muckle gret gleamin Rolls Royce Siller Cl on page 105

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
stack a bluiddy gret jag in ma airm, twice!!
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
uffalo nuggets!" the Gruffalo gret, on page 21

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
get him oot and he howled and gret aal night. on page 14
That slept aal day - and gret aal night! on page 27
Bit, I gret, like a bairn, in the trenche on page 63

3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
u wadno gang haem, but see as gret on page 20
The wrack's anither gret baest, the second this crew i on page 26
i'the teum plans o this gret black reums, i'the shairp ang on page 30
ir, wi that pile o fock, that gret a lot tae deu, thoo disno hiv on page 67
n, an fae thir furder oot the gret galactic airm til hid wins ta on page 113
Also on pages 119, 162
7 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
under a gret glowan duvet o cloud, on page 5
pumped up wae gret black drifts on page 9

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in a wanner - a gret suburban skrog on page 9
He wis a gret man on page 24
a gret Leviathan or this thing. on page 35

3 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
For a Gret Trow lives there that's chist on page 89

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Gret muckle sleekit carnivores? on page 83

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
He hid gret treacle wallops aboon peedie on page 90
fur a pearl o gret price. on page 143

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
No wan fur gret big shoowey blooms on page 118

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
Time wears on. Gret nephews an nieces on page 18

1 matches

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
lt, and not a single tear wis gret:
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
ash-light peepan. She gret fur the on page 19

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
poor peerie ting sat doon an gret. on page 14
ind dat!" Da poor peerie ting gret ageen, (or grointit, you coul on page 62

2 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ten da Loard's boady. As shö gret shö saa some-ean richt afore on page 151

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
oot a hairm, rin ta dee if du gret on page 19

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
da daek wis awash wi codlin, gret big buggers. Twa hunder an si
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
John 'Broon-beard', son o da gret Lowrie 'White-whisker', scrat
e be blunt, John looked lik a gret glaikit brute. But dat didna
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
but no much idder. Dey hed a gret muckle third een in dir foreh
r,” I said tactfully as she gret even looder.
a believe hit when she gied a gret gummy smile. “Yon’ll be w
3 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
n da lea o Jeemie’s ston an gret. I couldna even tell Mam an D
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
iful boat on da sea and hae a gret spree. Lucky it's #SMUHA http(2015) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
I'm joost gret watchin da peerie helecopter (2021) twitter link

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Ah gret, as ah hud mind o, hou often on page 215
ah heard - else ah micht hae gret. on page 218

2 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
i nuin tyme the haet wes ower gret. on page 36
this gret outlin carse on page 37

4 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
aches o the Yangtze. He wes a gret favorite o Arthur Waley, whas
1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
2. South o the Gret Sea: do.
SOUTH O THE GRET SEA
ti the south o the Gret Sea.
Gret warships an mukkil bairges
Ah sklum gret craigs. A passed exems
5 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Gret on page 22

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
the peur weelàss sut doon an gret. on page 14
omeday else?'-but, ugh dear!" gret Alice, wi the tears trippin h on page 20
puddle o tears that shae had gret whin shae wus nine feet taal. on page 21
ear. "Oh, A beg yer pairdon!" gret Alice in a hurry, feart that on page 22
"Wae!" gret the Moose, wha wus shakin ric on page 23
Also on pages 31, 40, 41, 42, 55, 59, 71, 72, 73, 91, 95
20 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Sorra part oh gret'r needin', on page 15
Befaire tha gret arrival on page 18
Mystery oo tha gret unseen, on page 20

3 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
iggin o tha islan o Airlan in Gret Brïtain an owerseys mercats. on page 49

1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ely even then efter dark. Nae gret push haes bane pit on oor wak
ngue its richtfa place in the gret schame o things. Tha wye A se
2 matches

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