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Use in varieties of Scots

pensefu Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 5 9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1610 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 4 2

Occurrences of pensefu in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
Sepo looked pensefu. 'I doot I micht ken wha it i on page 44

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
David ettelt aye at takkin a pensefu view o't, jalousin at gin tha on page 14

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ere verra still and white and pensefu. She seemed tae ken that neit on page 35
ed at her desk, quietlike and pensefu. She kent she hud tae tell so on page 164

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Pooh wis pensefu when he heard this, and syne on page 29
ink o anither ploy.' And in a pensefu wey he stertit tae eat Roo's on page 62
said Hoolet, lookin Wice and Pensefu. 'I ken whit ye mean. Nae doo on page 73

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
o Goldoni or Molière, or the pensefu musardries o Bridie, at we fi on page 127

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
But the peasant wis pensefu. Fine weel he kent his
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
er o the time) sent ane o his pensefu an heich-bendit sonnets tae C
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
ootside pensefu geese bidein tae flist on page 3

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
wuidin," she said tae hersel pensefu-like, "far things hinna ony n on page 44
onth!" Humphy Dumphy repaitit pensefu-like. "Aat's nae a verra codg on page 80
e it," Humphy Dumphy heild on pensefu-like, plettin ae knee ower th on page 81
tae gie ae wird," Ailice said pensefu-like. on page 83
, I see't eenou," said Ailice pensefu-like. "An fit's 'taves'? on page 84

5 matches

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