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Use in varieties of Scots

peered Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.6 3.5 23.7 49.7 11.6 0 7.7
Number of occurrences327 16 5 2 0 2
Number of authors16 6 5 2 2 1

Occurrences of peered in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
gazine was aw it yielded. She peered intae the hole, just tae be s on page 1

2 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
Granda Joe peered up at the windae scratchin hi on page 7

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ie's haund. She bent doon and peered intae it. She saw that it wis on page 93

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I peered, an wondered, luikit:- on page 35

1 matches

Landles, William Lallans 73 - Welcome, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Peered into the rouky nicht on page 57

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
castle, slowly and quietly. I peered through the doors and crawled
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
me lik a beast efter aa.' He peered at the words on the granite s on page 40

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
hings. Ah nairriet mi een, an peered closer at e picter. Na, it wi on page 35

1 matches

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ach fur too muckle langer. He peered oot the windae, sighin deeply on page 72

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
as I peered roon the mirk inside tae see on page 43

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in kinna queer an dizzy es he peered doon inte the lair: it wis a on page 76

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
is sunglaisses on his heid an peered doon the stair. 'Jovee..." It on page 12
Oor' aa nicht the nicht." He peered it the lang list o drinks on on page 15
An yer problem is...?" Ronnie peered it the computer screen as Ste on page 52

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s Duncan Petrie, in't it?" He peered ower the tap o'is glaisses. " on page 13
"Tak a gander it ess." Muggie peered it a great muckle canvas o a on page 30

2 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
ar only a wee trickle o licht peered oot fae a puckle curtains’
rossed ower tae hae a look an peered in the gatherin dark through
alang the tap o the cliff. He peered intil’t but the mirk wis as
er still, picters on the waas peered oot at him as he went alang t
, even as he thocht it, as he peered intil the mirk a queerlike gr
5 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
got nae answer, the constable peered in the windae but jumped back
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
As I peered in the guts o me engine, a fa on page 41
The minister stopped and peered ower the dyke. "Who goes ther on page 61
o'ered there above me then he peered doon wi a frown, on page 69
Anither good whack and I peered through the gloom. on page 72

4 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ept tae the bedroom widow and peered doon intae the front gairdeen
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
k an animal in distress. Shü peered troo da fence, an as da mune on page 29

1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
as I did da wind picked up. I peered oot o da ruif an could see da
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Een peered aroon the dure seconds efter on page 2
dure half-open wi yin fit an peered throu the uninveetin dairknes on page 46

2 matches

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