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Use in varieties of Scots

gripped Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 4.1 6 49.7 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences198 4 5 0 1 1
Number of authors12 6 1 3 1 1

Occurrences of gripped in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hey're comin efter us?' Clair gripped his shooder, dug her fingurs on page 1

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
aw that wis best at scrievin) gripped a brush atween the twa knuckl on page 6

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Eh okay" ah says. Still gripped intae a state ae confusion by on page 32
ade. Even the gless ae bubbly gripped in his hand seems tae fit snu on page 48

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
nnet as a net, she dooked and gripped it. She hud lined her pencil- on page 131

1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
os by that point they’ll be gripped by charlie fever. Some ay us
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
on tae watch a DVD The fillum gripped us pretty fast
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
stantly cloacks the test tube gripped in ma hand. An image that see
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
the lad didna think twice. He gripped Mrs Cadwallader's airm an pul on page 41

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
couldna spik. The same thocht gripped us baith. We didna even hae t
heid, an for a meenit Ah wis gripped bi sic an emotion Ah could ha
2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
thin like that, an aabody wis gripped. He had a gift o the gab nae
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Then he gripped a peedie hard thing. Dear God on page 52
ee extra beats as the big man gripped me hand. on page 69
in disgust Convinced I'd been gripped bi insatiable lust! on page 72

3 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
hy me? Wakening in the night, gripped be a fear that's he's in the on page 85

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thay land on sharp stubble, gripped by the calloused hans, on page 95

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A desperation noo it gripped on page 28

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
it doon the slipway. Hir toes gripped the wet algae. Hir een flitte on page 50

1 matches

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