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The word 'froze'
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Use in varieties of Scots froze Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 6.5 21 17 ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
5.8
1
1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
6.5
2
1
MNB - Mid Northern B
131
1
1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
7.6
3
2
WCE - West Central
18.4
4
4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
12.5
2
2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
52.4
4
2
LAL - General Central
2.7
2
2
SEA - South East (Borders)
12.5
1
1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
31.4
1
1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)
Occurrences of froze in Corpus
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Shetland
Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort , (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
John froze . Dat peerie voice o raeson da
1 matches
Mid Northern A
Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels , (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d died bit by bit as his body froze until the watter poored doon
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart , (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d niver seen it afore. Jessie froze as she realised she’d done
1 matches
Mid Northern B
Riddell, Conor San Diego , (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ot so a shut it quick afore a froze tae death.
1 matches
(South) East Central
Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack , (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
uld. For months the grund wis froze a fuit deep an the snaw wis h on page 85
2 matches
MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT , (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
h een landed oan mah foot. Ah froze . Mah brain halted, keekin des
1 matches
West Central
Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap , (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
htmerrs an ah ayeways woke up froze wae fricht, efter it whispere
1 matches
Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library? , (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
oot his troosers… an ah wis froze tae the spot. Ah cudnae look
1 matches
Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH , (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Tim wis froze stiff wae shoack. He wis horr
1 matches
Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY , (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
laws roon Hazels’ spine and froze her fae the inside oot. She c
1 matches
Edinburgh
McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication , (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
he Chilli. His beatific smile froze then slowly chinged as the he
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences , (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ts o last year’s growth wis froze intae stillness. The only sig
1 matches
Ayrshire
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That , (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hs o harsh, snell frosts that froze the Ayr solid; an fierce bitt on page 56
a wheen puir sowls sterved or froze tae daith. on page 57
that his stacks o free-stane froze solid an were ower brittle ta on page 81
3 matches
McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island , (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
e fae outside the cabin. They froze . Whit wis that? Thoughts ran
1 matches
General Central
Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod , (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
The beasts froze . They didna fidge at aw, but on page 66
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens , (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
d when she looked up her face froze over.
1 matches
South East (Borders)
Thompson, James My Borderlands , (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Ne'er melts, forever froze on page 43
1 matches
Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane , (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
The grass is still froze , she blows steam fae hir nose
1 matches