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Use in varieties of Scots

spreit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 8.7 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1817 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of spreit in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
eath his irn buit - brak oor spreit, an tak the laun's wealth int on page 9
tuik aifter the auld boar in spreit, and forbye thir wis nae mair on page 14

5 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
My spreit's no dowie, lass, for aa your on page 45

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
his is the stevin o the Gryte Spreit. on page 87

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
a haep better gin some bauld spreit in the theatre wad tak the ki on page 109

1 matches

McCabe, Alan Lallans 73 - Unsteek the Door o Ma Hert, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Tae hae a spreit that lowps abune on page 94

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
a moniement tae the creative spreit at's in us aa, an kythes mais on page 129

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
‘or when a spreit's gutterin to servility
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
k an hameart wie houss wi its spreit o heivenlie miscontentment an
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
al, sae thai enterit inti the spreit o the ploy an alloued the man
yfe wes skeilled i the erts o spreit schawin,
2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
The pilgrim spreit her splendour wins tae see.
O thon bauld spreit that saw your lady bricht:
that he coud mak out hou his spreit spak o Beatrice (deid langsyn
3 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
the amputatit an tasht in spreit Orthodox nuns quate as slaes on page 3

1 matches

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