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The word 'froze'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
frozeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52117
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

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