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glower Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19 11.3 40.7 19.9 23.2 0 26.6
Number of occurrences6122 27 2 4 0 6
Number of authors32 14 11 2 3 2

Occurrences of glower in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
ew, she thocht, syne folk wid glower at ye, and No-Sae-Muckle Maw on page 41

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ven wi a hostile an misdootfu glower. The last customer in the pla on page 141

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
d. Ah gead him mah maist sair glower fir a meenit than admittit de on page 27

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
on neeps. It gied iz a cannie glower, birlt its heid, fidged its l on page 58

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Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
glower aa aroon. on page 129

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Dinna glower at me acause I'm daurk, on page 1

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ither's room. There wis aye a glower in my mither's een when she l on page 69

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
windaes, and he wid stap and glower and pit his neb up against th on page 6
e, he lowpit oot intae the fu glower o the michty lens. on page 149
And glower until their een pop oot. on page 157

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
t it is.' He turned roond tae glower at the ithers and said, 'Whit on page 160

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
His faither'll glower, on page 20

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
and wi a glower o pure smeddum on page 17
and glower on page 23
an a clorty glower wi ehs as derk on page 39

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Rase up, he glower'd; but syne tae turse, on page 50

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
conter brings on a richt blae glower. on page 39

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
He gies the clock a glower, no for ony faut o'ts ain, it on page 72

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s it aiblins acause the blaik glower an glunch o the Kirk wes whit on page 109

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
lean plate, - as lang's they glower on the framed picturs or pren
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Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
i walk thru, turned and, wi a glower, said
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Whan ye glower oot ower a bare cairngorm gle
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
," wint on Mary, gien Hilda a glower, "'at gairden became his God. on page 35

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Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
an they wid buy saasages, an glower in at the little figures o th on page 16

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
needed lumper's. A jist got a glower fae thim bit thi wer happy fu on page 20
Ronalt," Ronalt jist geid maa glower eis usual, cus hee fyne kint on page 26
So me an Dassin weis hayen a glower at eit, fin thi lad asket wer on page 38
n deein eis, so geid ma qweer glower's. Weel aifter thi shoak o ei on page 64

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rcle fixed ma wi a challengin glower. on page 7
aboot?" said Ina, giein im a glower. "Nellie's loast er maan, an on page 23
JOCK!" Ina gied im a witherin glower. "Div ye nivver think aboot o on page 24
She gied im a witherin glower. "It's ma new frock fir the m on page 28
tie gied er pal a reprimandin glower. on page 70
Also on pages 79
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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
yer girnin!" Joyce gied him a glower as they made their wye doon t on page 7
, thocht Ronnie, tryin nae te glower it Chantelle's chest: her cha on page 58
teid o giein her ma customary glower, Ah grinned, winkit an gied h on page 77

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
back tae you. Fit wye div ye glower at e speck in yer freen's ee, on page 14
n at e fireside, teuk a gweed glower at him an says, "Iss chiel wi on page 118

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the Toon's dintist t'a gweed glower. on page 10
re an shot er freen a waarnin glower. on page 26

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Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Thi face on him, an affa glower, on page 14

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
She gied me a glower, like tae say, “Oh come aff
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
Wi an oorie glower.
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n in a keekin glaiss, nae tae glower inno the face o the idol fin
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Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
he door and gave me her usual glower. Next thing she wis standing
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Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
a said. He turned roond wi a glower and started tae shout. He tel
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
gin his een glower lichtnins and the nieves
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
naethin tae dae aa day except glower at the dockens an girse growi
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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
soup, ignoran Gunnie's hawie glower. Sheu scraeps the pot an disn on page 40

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Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
ablaw the cosmic glower.
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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
'aal', an giein Alice a richt glower as he spak. on page 117

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Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
I glower abön me an far beyond. on page 45

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Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
id gie me a coorse sidey-wyes glower, lik I wis nae mair tae dem a
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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
amang tha oul heidstanes, an glower intae oul McBane's een for a on page 8
New biggins glower wi gomeril een on page 26
Doonby Tha Peelers glower aroon on page 30
they'll glower at thon on page 59

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Dornan, Stephen Ding Doon tha Mairch Dikes, (Modern Poetry Translation 2019) Ulster - Comber, poetry
they’ll glower at thon
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@the_gellick tweeted
llions a crabbit #UlsterScots glower. http://t.co/C9RYG5iagp (2015) twitter link

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