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Use in varieties of Scots

barren Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 6.9 0 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1513 0 1 0 0 1
Number of authors11 9 1 1

Occurrences of barren in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
e's a staircase, concrete and barren, the route everybody's suppos on page 14

1 matches

McNeil, Andrew Lallans 58 - Carnegie’s Turning, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
As erect, complete as the barren een inside. on page 122

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
In 1676, efter sax lang an barren years, Jennet an John Broun w on page 28
e dusk, tillin an tendin hard barren upland pasture tae scrape the on page 33
frae the barren uplans o Ayrshire had settled on page 66

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Left the barren muirs wi bluid red-sodden, on page 42

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 73 - The Unco Spate, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Dundee, poetry
tae barren neuks an lang cauld cracks on page 11

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
alusit, a pypar pleyed “The Barren
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e stoat intae the park, their barren, naked branches swayin in the
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
yer baggage. Here i thir puir barren lans, there wis at least a wo
yer baggage. Here i thir puir barren lans, there wis at least a wo
t o the wind in a howe on the barren hillside. He strauchtent up a
3 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
The Bass Rock is a richt barren place in the midst o the Firt

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid niwer left her barren croft or hin a great romance. on page 35

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
'Blissit ir tha weemen that's barren, an tha wames that niver bare on page 109

1 matches

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