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Use in varieties of Scots

grippin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 3.2 17.6 0 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences206 11 0 3 0 0
Number of authors10 5 3 2

Occurrences of grippin in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Trunchbull snipped. And noo, grippin him stievely by the twa lugs, on page 146

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
grippin ma reins, ay, breingin dounby on page 27
grippin swuirds frae the south, ay, a on page 31

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
iver wis a barrel-kistit man. Grippin Wullie’s shoothers wi rauch
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
hiz haun forrit ti lat Tammas grippin the kie. Than wi the
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Face Trippin'- Pan Grippin',
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
h!' skraiked Mrs Cadwallader, grippin his haan. 'Oh! Oh! Ah want ha on page 44

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
try te pull awa bit she's aye grippin. on page 97

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ower te the passenger seat an grippin Betty's han in a byordnar sho on page 85

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Vi wis grippin onte the side o the sink as s on page 29
her nose as she sails on by, grippin onte her Marks and Spencer's on page 43

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in an she wis glaissie-eed an grippin oan tull er glaiss like er li on page 32
in. It's ma nerves," he said, grippin is guts. "Ah'm a bittie blick on page 38

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ae the ingle, fair terrifeed, grippin me ticht till her, ye ken, an on page 51

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ns. A wheen o us thinks ye're grippin ower muckle grun for yersel a on page 89

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
airn in her airms, the loonie grippin the muckle great parcel ticht
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ibbons, an they liftit Minnie grippin the shaif ontae Fauldie's bac
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
" Maggie Ann aksed, nervously grippin da tablecloth atween her fing on page 18
med him. He startit ta shakk, grippin da steerin wheel, his knuckle on page 57

2 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
da tide grippin da keel draggin her, racin
1 matches

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