A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'preens'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
preensOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72510
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 43.8 7 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of preens in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
staetion's spin. Thir dances, preens tae string the yearless year. on page 126

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
He hed ta tak oot aa da preens an bring da pieces o felt, pe on page 26

2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
hats an shuin an steys an hat-preens, for Duiweel an Persevere hed on page 35

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
strokin alang da lie o da preens - on page 111
o rötin paddock-stöl, pine preens on page 112
brotch-preens a flooerin blue-melt apö mi on page 115

3 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
h an a funny feelin no unlaek preens an needles.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wummin's hair lowsed frae its preens at nicht. An the clyack wis b
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
preens. They’d fand their wye inno
an kilts, their siller plaid preens glimmrin in the sun, birlin a
2 matches

Harper, Edith Legacy, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
Her warld wis ane o preens an tylers chack;
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ye're a braa hann at proggin preens an wappin strings?" Deedledum on page 60
rsel, "an she's broddit fou o preens!-Mith I pit your fyaakie stra on page 64
id, efter shiftin maist o the preens. "But raelly ye shid hae a ch on page 65

3 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
bit o' worset an' a pair oO" preens. Ah've got a cup o' tea tae m on page 5
that Ah've drappit wan o' ma preens. Hing on the noo, it's jist u on page 11

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
lengin aa comers tae game for preens. The lassie, Derriakin, kep h
se); Ah (possessor) hae three preens (neutral as tae possession, p
); thoo (possessor) haes mair preens (neutral as tae possession, p
(possessor) haena sae muckle preens (neutral as tae possession, p
roon, gaed back tae gamin for preens, an Beatrice wisna ill-please
7 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
wa whaur it wis fixed wi twa preens; the wee
1 matches

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