A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

preened Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 0.5 15.1 0 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences141 10 0 3 0 0
Number of authors4 1 2 1

Occurrences of preened in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
An he preened himsel that the Arbuckles the
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, Eric." Winnie sighed es she preened a reed carnation tee till the on page 12

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ellery ay luiks best fin it's preened tae a plain kinno cloot.
llar wis a jabot o fite lace, preened bi a mauve Cairngorm she'd go
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
. Kevin keepit the rosette an preened it tae his jaiket, an Jessie
laik, kittling that purred an preened an powkit its fur wi its wee
hame again preened tae the waa, wi the bummers a
sty spied a photy o the tangy preened tae the waa o the rocket. “
heels war best. Mr Soutar hid preened them tae a yett, an fin he ki
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
The ferm wis a brooch, preened in the hairt o Birse
re: ‘The ferm wis a brooch, preened in the hert o Brise.’ There
2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
n ta Grottie-Buckie's door he preened hit aa tagidder again. on page 27

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
preened apö torquoise sea; on page 50

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Gaet-markers, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Polaris, preened tae da heevens,
1 matches

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