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Use in varieties of Scots

birled Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.3 22.9 25.6 29.8 5.8 10.9 22.1
Number of occurrences6943 16 3 1 1 5
Number of authors29 18 4 3 1 1 2

Occurrences of birled in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
naething could touch Olaf. He birled roond this man, an through th on page 59
me, an voices that melled an birled atween the screams o deein me on page 60

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The Trunchbull birled roond and roared, 'Wheesht' T on page 124

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
They birled past a bleck door. STOREROOM on page 98
nd taen a guff at it; then he birled ower and dooked a fingir inta on page 100
Mr Wonka birled roond and gawked at Chairlie. on page 161
anither button, and the lift birled upwards intae the sky. on page 169

4 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
raxed oot throu the holodoor, birled roond a couple o times, an th on page 5
Doug birled roond his cyber-ee tae shaw t on page 11
oot suddenly, as his hovernut birled upwards tae jouk a fleein dau on page 16

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
a sudden shairp jouk and she birled hersel richt oot o the chair on page 43

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
sed ower an seein Isa's face, birled her bairn back intae the road on page 36

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
e tap o the tree, and syne he birled aw aboot and skraiked 'Hullo! on page 71

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
on Olaf's ankle. His glesses birled aff o his neb and skittered a on page 54

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Then birled richt roon twice, on page 20

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Birled tapsalteerie ower the sterns on page 73

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
hink o mah new claes?" An she birled roon a time or twa. on page 93

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
onsumed inside the lowe, then birled on page 112

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ither nor the flecks that get birled alang and awa wi a stream tha on page 97

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
. The boat turnt and twistit, birled this wey and that, but the so on page 76

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
clunk! and the birlin bitties birled roond and roond until a shoog on page 105
hey murmured, and their wirds birled and belloched aroond in his h on page 108

2 matches

White, Ian Nimmo Lallans 73 - Whit credit crunch, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the helicopter birled and yattered on page 51

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ony screws he did shift juist birled roun athoot comin oot. on page 96

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
t a byke. For nou the sun had birled taeward his bed in the West b on page 37

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
o her that birled tae him tae share her cup,
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
birled roun aw the Local Autorities
agrouf, bot Mirren birled the horss roun sae thai cuidn
its” thocht Mirren, as shae birled doun the hul, at the whele
Aibercorn graifyaird, thai birled roun ti Dalmenie Kirk ti viss
Nairn on the hallans. Thai birled ower the brig wi a brattil an
9 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
eled her intil the bouer. She birled the chair seawards an
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
birled a scarf aroon ma neck,
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
the morn.” An wi that, she birled awa back tae Moont Olympus on
arls, span oot, an oor skirts birled like peeries.
muckle whirlwind gaithered an birled me skywarts tae the hame o th
3 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
And ah birled roon on wan leg, laughin.
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He swooped an birled or he wis giddy Syne drapped on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Syne birled an dunced te tak yer fun. on page 11

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Eis soon it birled roon an roon, on page 8

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
r bonnie hair. Drooned seamen birled an furled in a skeletal daunc on page 119
e knife awa frae her. The sea birled bluid reid far it fell. on page 128

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
keepit the littlins, an syne birled the ongaun cycle o wint an ra
n muckle teem o wullsome that birled aboon them. Siclike, the Sept
e thunnerbird's nest. As they birled aroon they blew throwe eagles
le fower days an nichts, they birled an chantit awa – sae the Ja
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
uss that creepit an furled an birled aroon the door o a
The lift grew gurly, the sun birled roon, the mappies stude on
wave, an Birly Wheel birled roon an roon an roon till his
ng’ an wee fite pedals that birled roon an roon. A
owed oot tae play, fur he’d birled aa the knobbies on the TV an
7 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
then became a frisbee and hid birled around the hall. on page 74

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
r held her in fierdy airms an birled her roon an roon the center o on page 81

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
This wis me. I skipped an birled, heid up. on page 101

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
So we birled an hooched an stamped wir cla
1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
his gun at her heid. The muin birled i the lift, an aa gaed daurk.
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Birled aboot ma brain on page 18
An anither year's birled by. on page 35
Daft caleery, birled aboot by whigmaleeries on page 49

3 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
the back,’ she saed as she birled a buttercup in her hand. She
up tae face her as the story birled throu ma mind.
2 matches

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