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The word 'fierce'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fierceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.23623
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 52.4 4 2
LAL - General Central 17.4 13 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fierce in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Jimmack stuck up a fierce-lukkan scarecrow - hid seun on page 16

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Shetland

Manson, Finnley Wir Beach, (Scots Hoose 2017) Shetland, weans
Da fierce wind howlin
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tae pit it on. An sae hard an fierce an bricht wis yon armour, foo
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
kit Rory, forby he luikit sae fierce wi his muckle branchin antler
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North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
sneered. "Doesna look aw that fierce tae me," he said. "Whit dae y on page 33

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(South) East Central

Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
fierce, naw friends naw foes on page 87

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
he Rhymer stumbles out As the fierce galloping on page 3
The wood echoes with fierce lament; Dark forms stalk thro on page 6

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Ends this fierce-like flude o legs on page 19

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ou', but hugs me, awkward and fierce. Gies me a bosie.
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
as fierce as ony Turk.
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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wi fierce contempt warn't thaim tae hau on page 14

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Nusiret gied him a fierce leuk.
o her granfaither. Dada had a fierce integrity. Raggle simply had
2 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
The sun's fierce beams bored throu on page 10

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Deerness in the Orkneys in a fierce December storm. Twa hunner an on page 39
that froze the Ayr solid; an fierce bitter storms that sent snaw- on page 56

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
‘Child of a fierce hour’, you wir forced
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General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
And the hill, sherp, craggy, fierce wi black rock, wis cawin him on page 18

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
The excitement it wis fierce, on page 11

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ye look roond and see an Awfe Fierce Huffalamp keekin doon at ye, on page 47

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
They flung fierce words and sometimes worse, on page 17

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Bothwell was fierce for ma caus. on page 35

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Wyvin forrit wi fierce snuffs. on page 75

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
Fierce blasts o muir flung fistfus o on page 107

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
een fear o the doctor and the fierce passion o his ain
lay in the fierce sun that ripens the hairst.
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
on o Rathillet. He’d been a fierce fighter at Bothwell as weel a
t. It wis haund tae haund and fierce. Later Bruce wud describe the

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
seemed a bit surprised at hoo fierce they devout Christian folk cu

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
he dragoons cudna believe hoo fierce they devout Christian folk cu

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
At ither times the row was fierce on page 158

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Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Strang an rugged, fierce an free on page 45

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Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
swing han-ower-han, tae drap fierce-eed amang trimmlin German soa
1 matches

General Ulster

Hanna, Wendy Gaitherin’ Purdas!, (Facebook - Schomberg Society 2020) Ulster, poetry
jingle in yer pocket an’ a fierce sore back!
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@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
Fierce cauld the day, it wid quare f(2020)

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