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Use in varieties of Scots

poised Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 2.5 1.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences75 1 1 0 0 0
Number of authors7 5 1 1

Occurrences of poised 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
alters looked at Maureen, pen poised. on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ma baffy poised, Ah'm awmaist there, on page 75

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Her finger poised for next time she'd receive a on page 72

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
I sit, awkwardly poised, tryin 'ae look happy, gratef on page 3

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Poised pin-heid thick in an eugenic on page 34

1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
n. She yarked aff the lid and poised the inky tip wi its slit nib
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e as usual, me knife and fork poised fur attack, on page 31

1 matches

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