A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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hirsel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words37.1 7.7 3 0 0 82.7 416
Number of occurrences11915 2 0 0 8 94
Number of authors17 10 2 1 4

Occurrences of hirsel in Corpus

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Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Wes hamely as the hirsel maes on page 91

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
the brae-face that wis their hirsel, or in amang the stibble o th on page 56

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Sigurd bi his mither, wha wis hirsel giftit wi forekennin. Weill w on page 14

2 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Yer hair is like a hirsel o gaits on page 7
Yer hair is like a hirsel o gaits on page 13

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wis hamely as the hirsel maes on page 54

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
in a bigger and better-happit hirsel? George Philp is tae be thank on page 54

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Wes hamely as the hirsel maes on page 91

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Hirsel ower a bittie, syne, an mak s on page 117

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
k a norie, she bydes shuir in hirsel. The readers, at laest, kens
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
aroun lik a hirsel, aither ti haud ane ei on’m
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ecurity men, an uncomplicatit hirsel.
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
happin on doors tae houster a hirsel
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
an jouked aboot, mutterin tae hirsel, fyles movin as fest, his ee on page 84

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
“Ay. The hirsel o yowes on this hull haes oni
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
sluice gate is hei leukit his hirsel
Ootersyde Hirsel, pairt o the Hoscote Estate l
hirsel. Weil A mynd on the auld byre
Betty’s paurents, an shei hirsel an hir man, Tommy Warwick, an
”, is the Mulsintoun ootbye hirsel, ca’d Whaupshaw, an the
8 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ak hit time an mak somethin o hirsel fur a change. on page 18

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Sae shae thocht tae hirsel (es weel es shae cud, fur the on page 7
inute tae think aboot stappin hirsel afore shae fun hirsel faalin on page 8
"Weel!" thocht Alice tae hirsel. "Efter such a faal es this, on page 9
sae Alice stairtet taakin tae hirsel agane. "Dinah wull be lukin m on page 10
en, yae know," said Alice tae hirsel, "in mae gan oot althegither, on page 13
Also on pages 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 28, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42, 45, 50, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 61, 62, 65, 66, 73, 76, 79, 82, 84, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 98, 101, 108, 109, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124, 125
88 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
hïs cloke. Fer saed she til hirsel, "If A can jist touch hïs cl on page 9
Mary wus aa throu hirsel as she tried tae mak sense o on page 70
sïstèr, Mary, that settelt hirsel doon at hïs feet an hung on on page 88

4 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
, wi a wee lad half tha age o hirsel. on page 24

1 matches

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