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Use in varieties of Scots

muirs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 6.9 6.4 0 0 0 17.7
Number of occurrences2113 4 0 0 0 4
Number of authors13 8 4 1

Occurrences of muirs in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
arnock an Derval, an ower the muirs frae Fenwick, Eaglesham, Muir on page 34
rinnin for his life ower the muirs juist seiven mile north o Gre on page 51
airtit back tae the Muirkirk muirs whaur, as faur as Adam kent - on page 58
went on an on. Juist ower the muirs in the paitish o New Cumnock, on page 62

4 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

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
filmin at miners raws in the muirs abuin Patna, an he said "By, on page 7

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ner houss ower-luikin huls an muirs, at a fermer bene uisin as a
e idaia o stravaigin ower the muirs an huls wi a temerat
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e fly in Januar on the grouse muirs an gied tae the BBC by an ani
at aw on their managed grouse muirs.
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
It's in wild dreich hills an muirs that's weel seen tae be Scott
1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
i wids becomin fields becomin muirs as the laird’s economic int
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
n berries oot in the wuids an muirs an wis gien the name black ne(2020) search twitter

Doric

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Feshie an Eidart, muirs an monadhs, on page 139

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
nicht wis creepin in frae the muirs like a saft, dusky, plaidie, on page 51

1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
at the boddam o the hill, the muirs at the back, and the coast wi
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e loch efter traikin ower the muirs
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
sinn o Zechariah, oot on tha muirs. on page 73
taen bi tha Spïrit ontae tha muirs. For fowertie days he wus tem on page 75
Whut dïd ye gang oot tae tha muirs for tae see? Wus ït tae see on page 81
haed driv hïm oot on tae tha muirs. An Jesus axt hïm, "Wha dae on page 83

4 matches

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