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Use in varieties of Scots

freeze Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 11.8 9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2923 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors21 16 5

Occurrences of freeze in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
hus that look tae hur, quick-freeze hell material. McGiver is a b on page 49

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"If hell should e'er freeze ower." on page 24

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
thing. Cauld watter 'n' ice. Freeze ye blue, mind. A guid steepin on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ah freeze. on page 177

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
thit wee lass wull freeze hur arse. on page 103

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
tside in this weather! They'd freeze tae daith!' on page 70

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
A wheen o ANTI-FREEZE - tae keep her radiator fae f on page 31
uf-pint o ile. 'And some anti-freeze, Geordie cawed efter him. 'I on page 88
nt o engine ile and some anti-freeze intae the giant muckle pot. on page 89

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That freeze yer heid and chaps yer baws, on page 55

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
he saw somethin that made her freeze. It wis the speedery end o th on page 122

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Undeid, nae wabbit god freeze-dried on page 34

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
! A niver thocht the burn wad freeze." on page 84

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
k fae the jannie made them aw freeze. on page 114

1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
, but naw tae the cooncil tax freeze.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
nch. Ah gat second haun brain freeze.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
whit they said. Ah’d rather freeze.
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
freeze a bit
freeze it in time.
2 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
beat a good pair. Cheap ones freeze yir toes aff ??.(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
ebody will see a wean starve, freeze tae death, but will see singl (2022) twitter link
"Ye might freeze tae death, but hey... I'm get (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
it's something oot o the deep freeze For ilka meal on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
tae. Aye say's "Well at lad'! freeze tae death afore a get em tae on page 60

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
an replies ." Nae fear, they freeze the e'e an you
they wull freeze the e'e a bit mair. Efter abo
2 matches

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
etter wrap up warm so I didna freeze fan I wis fishing doon the ri
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
saasage an lowse up wi brain freeze aat spreads a o’er yer body (2019) search twitter

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