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Use in varieties of Scots

baest Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 3.6 1.5 119.2 40.7 0 0
Number of occurrences277 1 12 7 0 0
Number of authors16 7 1 6 2

Occurrences of baest in Corpus

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Central

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
and toun, field and burn and baest; and that aroun yon yammer-wa on page 55

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Michael leads up his finest baest, A cooser wi sic een on page 8

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thi baest his got yi caged in. on page 70

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wey o Doggerland. He sees the baest totems o ancient Orkney as di on page 110

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
tradeition o skreivin baest fabils is carriet on, bi Walt on page 10

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Man, yon's a fearsome baest says I. on page 75

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ump story: for juist like the baest in quaisten, the Scots langua on page 4

1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
baest. "Is there ony lions or teige on page 57

1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
But whar's this baest wae long tusks an coorse paas on page 12

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid's no fit day fur man or baest, no spikkan o wir digger. on page 64

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
The wrack's anither gret baest, the second this crew is fund on page 26
hairs an moppan the deck. The baest cam fae ahint. Hearan a knark on page 59
sil fear as oot o time as ony baest o ony presairve o Eart. Her b on page 91

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
We drew the infinite baest intae boxes, on page 25

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Fur the baest fae the north on page 88

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
o the crop. Serve this noble baest wae clapshot, mince and gravy
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
ia Romagna, a heraldic, noble baest released intae its natural en
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
meed drills. He wis a muckle baest o a man, wi hairdly any neck,
1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
aboot tae calf, said the baest wis
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
n at her a meenit laek a wild baest, shö scrieched, "Aff wi da h on page 82

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
he hed been killed be a wild baest. Jacob's haert wis brokken. J on page 13
An iviry baest haes haelt an strent, on page 35
an iviry baest join in da chorus o praise. on page 42
A man set aff ee day wi his baest laden wi aa kinds o gear - g on page 115
wis wan o da fremd. He hed a baest laden wi gear an wis a target on page 116

6 matches

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