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Use in varieties of Scots

leerie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 10.3 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2320 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of leerie in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
hoo lang will the leerie licht last on page 9

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
t jist for a street-lamp an a leerie tae licht it. The wee prince on page 49
tae the planet he greetit the leerie wi respeck. on page 50
'It isna queer ava!' said the leerie. "Whiles we've been bletherin on page 52
Ainly the leerie wi the ae lamp at the Nor Pol on page 58

13 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
me a piece an croudie. Ah wis leerie noo o Skaldie an his contrair on page 14

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Thi Leerie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Thi Leerie on page 93

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
id ye think Ane, twa, three a-leerie hed somethin adae wi Leerie, on page 129

3 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the street aside it, that the leerie man waukit roon an lichtit fi
Leerie leerie licht the lamps
2 matches

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