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The word 'eerie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eerieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.43826
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of eerie in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
no fantoosh eerie-orums - jist God, who nivver on page 17

1 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
erns or ornamentation; often 'eerie-orums' too in Orcadian, but h on page 9

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Christmas lights and eerie orams tae brighten up mid win on page 112

1 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
touched da ring, it glowed an eerie blue, and da hand twitched. I
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An eerie the haar Hingin roon the howe on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
calf's skin wrapped roon him, eerie green in the derk, gaed doon
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nside, it wiz jist black. The eerie voice sounded again and he sh
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
arly oors o the mornin. A gye eerie place it wiz wi wee steen arc
the dark recesses o the dank eerie cellar. She opened her mooth
2 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
are like eerie searchlights, castin aboot on page 3

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
ss till the haill room had an eerie glow but aye wi that queer gr
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
An eerie sitcom on page 40

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ysome lair A lassock dowff an eerie. on page 8
lcano?" said the Keing, gomin eerie-like intil the fire, as gin h on page 18
for siccar!" said Ailice some eerie-like. on page 43

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Ere's a eerie quaitness fin I rise.
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
mud. The party followed these eerie trails as best they could on
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
tt. The hoose still haed thon eerie cast, the curtains puld back on page 125

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
tt. The hoose still haed thon eerie cast, the curtains puld back
1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
reikit owre his skull, an yon eerie kennin kin o smile on his aul
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an eerie sicht, wi neer a soun
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
. Her heid still rang wae the eerie sound ae thur whistlin. Ailsa
1 matches

West Central

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
d nae teeth nor lips, jist an eerie void. These musicians werenae
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
cheerin there wis ane o thae eerie silences and floatin through on page 72
e corpse. Sure enough in thon eerie stutterin licht, the sheet wi on page 93

2 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
seconds silence which wiz aye eerie wi a windbag like Evans aboot
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hour, then dwined awa tae an eerie quate as the sky abune loured on page 51
turn; but this day, for some eerie reason, he wis laith tae ster on page 57
am o a fou mune cast its hard eerie licht on the hauf-masked, fea on page 65
fe itsel. It wis a Strange an eerie feelin - her luikin forrit t on page 71

4 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
cht venture intae, a floatin, eerie space athoot form or feature. on page 11

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 82 - Nevermas, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Where sall I be, yon eerie daw, on page 25

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
wins oot o the shaddas lik an eerie mindin. on page 10

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
e Greek Posidon). This is the eerie blue warld wi the Muckle Daur
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
, a description that haes the eerie ring o accoonts fae mair modr
is like. This accoont haes an eerie sibness til anither ane fae A
wer the road that gied aff an eerie haar o sorts an syne the caur
3 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
uked tae pictur rails, dustin eerie gless bell domes fillt wi fos on page 48

1 matches

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