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Use in varieties of Scots

steep Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 10.1 11.2 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences2919 7 1 2 0 0
Number of authors20 14 3 1 2

Occurrences of steep in Corpus

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Central

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
wey o daein the above is tae steep the beef wi the wine an herbs on page 69

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
the street, no stoppin on the steep hill cos ae the ice. It's git on page 35
t two miles, clamberin around steep embankments and jumpin burns. on page 47

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
but Gallows Close wis gey an steep - at the back, the tap winda on page 26

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
finds the gate baith stey and steep, on page 78

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Shakes the loose rocks with steep descent. He falls before his on page 3
It wis steep, sir, steep ti the tap o the pappie. Yit on page 77

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
e learn a wrutten leid is tae steep yer harns in its leetratur. M on page 54

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
It's a steep climb tae the top, but it's a on page 92

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
hased efter it. Up and up the steep brae the pair o them chairged on page 19

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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
er’d cast a glance doon the steep incline towards the bay. The
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
udgement ah walk taewards the steep slope behind the bothy an int
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tae the water’s edge wis a steep yin, rocky wi the odd whinbus
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ll get mouls,” he sayed. “Steep thaim, than Ah’ll rub thaim
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Facebook link ( 2017) Central
sittin amang the trees on the steep slope o Killiecrankie watchin

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
that i thought it was a bit steep - of course a no nowt a (2021) twitter link
s case i feel there a wee bit steep (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
aa the wye up tae the tap o a steep brae, an jist afore ye get ta on page 104

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
aed, pechin, fur the brae wis steep an the heather lang an wirey.
d a craftie hauf wye doon the steep rain ruttit roadie worn roch
on Watson, hirplit up the wee steep stairs wi the great blaik Bui
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ye greet like a bairn fin ye steep them in the bree,
ve senses, where a flat-sided steep frowns over the present world
2 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@aduncan59 A gweed steep min(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
keep sheep, and it’s been a steep learning curve. The grund is
1 matches

Shetland

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
slopp sheep-gaetit, steep on page 10

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
steep 'soak' ~ steepit on page 73

1 matches

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