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Use in varieties of Scots

pooerfu Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.3 4.5 3 0 0 0 141.6
Number of occurrences439 2 0 0 0 32
Number of authors11 3 2 6

Occurrences of pooerfu in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
d as if he'd be blawn up wi a pooerfu pump. Muckle fozie faulds o f on page 26
river. Then aw at aince, the pooerfu sook on page 84

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
no tae mention the gey strang pooerfu animal peels and pooders and on page 39

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
aitland scrievit a ferlie and pooerfu poem aboot her luve fur anith on page 4

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
h. Insteid he comes ower as a pooerfu demonic force ready tae fecht
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
er communities can send a gey pooerfu message. Stairtin community o
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
the voice o a wumman, it is a pooerfu and gey early expression o sa
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
Poem 49 is a pooerfu voice-gien, in Scots, o femal
uirt by patriarchy as fur its pooerfu uphaudin o intense lesbian lu
2 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
stoppit in mid-sentince, bi a pooerfu hoof in the shins fae Jinny. on page 36

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n held bi aa an bi God tae be pooerfu in aa he spak an aa his deein on page 121

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Sae James ye wrocht twa pooerfu buiks on page 31
An upset hoose's a pooerfu coast. on page 42

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
abel, wi the wurds "SOPE MAE" pooerfu weel printet on it in big let on page 12
the White Rabbit comin baak, pooerfu weel nigged oot, wi a pair o on page 18
mae, anagh dear, this is aal pooerfu mixt up! A'll see if A know a on page 19
tae git oot o this pool? A'm pooerfu tire't sweemin aboot here, Oh on page 22
sae Alice went on: "Thur's a pooerfu nice wee doag near oor hoose, on page 23
Also on pages 38, 43, 62, 64, 69, 72, 74, 77, 83, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90
19 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
yfu an gled, acause yis hae a pooerfu reward waitin fer ye ïn heiv on page 4
ht doon tha genèrations. Hoo pooerfu hïs michtie airm ïs, that c on page 70
"Tha wean wull hae a pooerfu effect on monie a bodie ïn I on page 72
n, for tha wurds he spauk wus pooerfu. An ïn tha Meetin Hoose, tha on page 76
aed daen thïs, the' ketcht a pooerfu lock o fïsh. Thair wus that on page 77
Also on pages 79, 81, 105
8 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wi pooerfu speid faa oan mae face on page 17

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
The' wur pooerfu fan o brither Frank, an vext on page 6

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
This waakin lark lukked pooerfu easy, on page 57

1 matches

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