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Use in varieties of Scots

sleepit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.1 6.1 28.5 0 46.5 0 0
Number of occurrences3912 19 0 8 0 0
Number of authors17 7 6 4

Occurrences of sleepit in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
n Moses, the tame corbie, wha sleepit on a spar ahint the back door on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Jock waited till the Giant sleepit, on page 20
he guairds and servin quinies sleepit on page 26

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
affie and wee Chairlie Baffie sleepit in the ither room on mattress on page 5
ot the size o the mattress he sleepit on at hame. on page 145

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
wi me oot intae the kintra an sleepit throu the forenuin. Waukent n
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
fore, oor aulder cousins haed sleepit in the same chaumer, evacuati
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Moses, the tame corbie, that sleepit on a perch ahint the back doo
attelt doun for the nicht and sleepit like they haed niver sleepit
like they haed niver sleepit afore.
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
spicker. Some o the young men sleepit in the same hut as the Auld P
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Magic Brainch, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
im wis thrawn. The clay davie sleepit i the scug o thaim. The time
1 matches

Doric

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
We sleepit oot a'blow the stars at nicht on page 25

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
naisty bout o praan pysonin, sleepit like a new on page 46
widna maitter iv he actually sleepit in ony o'em." on page 63

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Ae nicht fin the Gruffalo sleepit, foonert, on page 5

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
t, nivver bade in a hoose bit sleepit amo e gravesteens. Fan he saw on page 94

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
rowed herself intil a baa an sleepit soond. on page 84

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
ariver he gaed. At nicht, she sleepit ootside his door. on page 123

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
n aa nicht, for her bed wasna sleepit in. Weel, the neipers war a w
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
mair crackit than tither. Meg sleepit up in the nerra attic room at
l whyles Matthew Bruce hardly sleepit in his bed ava, sae faiver sa
eep. Sure eneuch she'd hardly sleepit a wink fur thinkin on warlock
Bit Minnie niver sleepit a wink yon nicht efter thon,
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Jenny hid sleepit wi eleeven chiels in her twin
dards o her fiers. She nivver sleepit wi ony loon on the first date
ar the aulder, Neil hid anely sleepit wi twa ither quines afore Jen
hae caad him handsome. She'd sleepit wi mony the waur. Forbye she'
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
er leaves, an the forkietails sleepit in her reets. Bit Rosie wis d
a Xmas wish ... an syne, she sleepit.
stress. Fin the littlins that sleepit in Mary grew aulder, they sta
3 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ercy, whit a grett while du's sleepit!" on page 124

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Janet hardly sleepit dat night eddir, bit dis moar on page 26
skin a da moorit ram at shüs sleepit ipo fur years, an bocht her a on page 47
ffee I wis medd her. "Ah'm no sleepit a wink, an I hedd dis terribl on page 51
ened up wi a start, he most a sleepit in. He lookit at his watch. I on page 60

4 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
John sleepit. on page 83

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
whaar hit sleepit da mild winter sleep on page 111

1 matches

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