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Use in varieties of Scots

steir Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 10.3 1.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2220 1 0 0 1 0
Number of authors12 10 1 1

Occurrences of steir in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Gin she shuid steir this up again, Whit wad becom on page 44

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r a while maist lairds didnae steir themsels ower muckle aboot en on page 33
enge. The news o Drumclog wad steir up a muckle wasps' bike in Em on page 39
rin on an I dout I'll hae tae steir mysel tae gang doun tae the M on page 59
ss thae five years. Feart tae steir gin the troopers cam back, he on page 60

4 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ll, Ah'll nae be blate gin yi steir a straucht course.' on page 13
's rinnin warst roun the waa. Steir awa, laddies, ootbye, ootbye on page 14

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
ds bot didna tak tent o thair steir warnishins, an set out ti bet on page 10

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
..'Naebody. I just mix it and steir it like parritch. Then I turn on page 11

1 matches

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
in aa its virr and unco steir, on page 135

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Hit's yuiseless ti steir up remembraunce o whit I conn on page 26

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
til’s. What haes happent ti steir up sik a braw man? O coorse,
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
uiet an the butterflees disna steir. Syne the wifie lats faa a pr
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
yill suin pit thair wuts in a steir. John’s tung begoud ti wag.
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
n, my laddie, wha ye mint tae steir;
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
up tae see whit wes makin the steir.
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
" she said. "I jist mix it an steir it like parritch. Then I turn(2020) search twitter

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
lach ah hiv a special mug tae steir ma fly cuppa! https://t.co/6l(2018) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ls flies aboot an unco things steir.
1 matches

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