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Use in varieties of Scots

bereft Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 5.7 4.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1511 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors13 9 3 1

Occurrences of bereft 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

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Bereft 'n taurn. on page 8

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
That nicht, sair bereft wi the terrible loss o his be on page 28
ice; she suddenly fand hersel bereft, in a trice, o the only kith on page 66

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e nae mair nor the culturally bereft, self-deracinated pathetic bu on page 64

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
noo his faimly's bereft, on page 9

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Aye, Darnley's left us aa bereft. on page 35

1 matches

Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Ah'd nivver kent im sae bereft, on page 19

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Whom his ain son o' life bereft-
Wham his ain son o life bereft-
2 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ae the mirkenin dark. Ah felt bereft. Ma husband ran oot tae fetch
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
hoose cleaners in, an Ah felt bereft efter they left.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
IIIness and war left her bereft on page 15

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
and fowk will grieve, bereft by loss,
1 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
it'n the hell's this? Shelves bereft
1 matches

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
le It's amazing! I felt a bit bereft eftir I feenished it.(2021) search twitter