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Use in varieties of Scots

boarn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.2 5.1 0 0 93 0 185.9
Number of occurrences6810 0 0 16 0 42
Number of authors18 6 4 8

Occurrences of boarn 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Alice hid the brains she wis boarn wae, an she wisnae gonnae dae on page 13
If they'd the sense they wir boarn wae, they'd take the roof oaf on page 39

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh wiz boarn an bred in a toon called Dund on page 115

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
countryside daein whit he wis boarn tae dae. In the mornins he on page 2

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
arhaund frae the day thai wir boarn, pit raws weans wir takkin in
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
wur boarn in eez bedroom wake me up.
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ile the nun's prayin it'll be boarn a
ae take a scream. Yes! Ah wis boarn!
An that wis the night Ah wis boarn. But little difference wid th
ae me, the new arrival. A new-boarn wean, a fallen angel, an a co
4 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
AYE SOMEANE DEID, AYE SOMEANE BOARN on page 1
ae blaet, fur peerie Rose wis boarn tree munt eftir dey mairried. on page 2
bairns, da hidmist ane a new boarn infant, wi da midder deein da on page 7
hn an Sylvia, peerie Jack wis boarn ower twa munt aerly, an onnly on page 11
time, an right anyoch dey wir boarn aerly, bit dey wir strong pee on page 12
Also on pages 44, 49, 62, 78
11 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Fock new married, or newly boarn, or on page 46

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Sang Oda Post War Exiles, (Shetland For Wirds 2003) Shetland, poetry
Du wis boarn here, lived here alwys.
I wisna boarn t’loneliness.
2 matches

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
an wife. Wance a Kunal son is boarn da midder dees and da faider
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
jöst ca'ad 'puss'. Shö wis boarn on Bressa i da haert o a paet
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
(Whar A wus boarn). on page 6
This tha month whun A wus boarn, on page 9
Jae coulrife boarn, but wairmer raired on page 10
Boarn echteen an sixtie seven, on page 27

5 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Jesus tha Messiah ïs boarn on page 1
i hir til eftèr tha wean wus boarn. An he caad hïm bi tha name on page 2
ye tha truith: amangst thaim boarn o a wumman, naebodie haes ive on page 9
ll be quare an gled whan he's boarn, on page 69
m doon on ye. An sae tha wean boarn tae ye wull be halie, an wull on page 70
Also on pages 71, 72, 81, 101
18 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Roderick Madonal wus boarn in 17an29 an cum ower tae Coo on page 7
granda, Johnnie Madonal, wus boarn in 18an99, an he wus a shae-m on page 8
st ootside Newton. He had bin boarn an raired in tha oul fairmhoo on page 15

3 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
t aroun' an Ulster-Scots wean boarn in 2022. The milestanes in th on page 6
t aroun' an Ulster-Scots wean boarn in 2022. on page 22

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ae Antrim, an a wheen Belfast boarn. on page 29
e Antrim, and a wheen Belfast boarn on page 30
Aboot where ye were boarn. on page 31
ae Antrim, an a wheen Belfast boarn. on page 32
ae Antrim, an a wheen Belfast boarn. on page 33

5 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
ethlehem, an efter aa, He wus boarn in a stable. Noo, A haenae tu
1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
pairtners, weans, an babbies boarn oan or afore 21 Mairch 20an21
Whut kintrie wur ye boarn in?
Whut date wur ye boarn?
her or faither fur rairin new-boarn babbies
Oan whut date wus this bodie boarn?
7 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
s an buiks. Bit tae oniebodie boarn weel afore nineteen an seiven
1 matches

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