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Use in varieties of Scots

tirn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12 6.4 3.2 0 133.7 0 0
Number of occurrences3712 2 0 23 0 0
Number of authors11 4 1 6

Occurrences of tirn in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Ah cuid see it wis hes tirn tae seethe a bit. on page 27

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
-fleitin lyfe, it wul certies tirn tapsalteirie an ettil ti cowp on page 6

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
"An ah'm tellin ye its mah tirn fir the dryin streech the day on page 65
chty shuin. Noo it wis Ella's tirn tae git the better od't. Yais on page 67

3 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
O tirn yer een tae whaur yer bairnie on page 33

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - Rubies an Siller, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
They tirn siller fush intil gowd; on page 47

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the U.N. can affuird it an in tirn mak uz hain fuaill bi menes o
tirn. Nou at John wes frie a mukki
2 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
bad we hivna got bottles tae tirn in.(2018) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Weel, i'Garioch quines really tirn ma heid on page 153

2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
cöllyin aboot him: "Dunna be tirn aboot it. An yit I wiss I cou on page 22
an every wan o dem drookled, tirn an ooncomfortable. on page 25
ried da Moose, sharp an aafil tirn. on page 31
n aboot, an he cried til her, tirn-wye, "Noo dan Mary Ann, whit on page 33
Da nixt at shö heard wis a tirn voice - hit wis da Rabbit - on page 37
Also on pages 46, 51, 53, 61, 65, 68, 75, 96, 113, 123
16 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
He's tirn fir a meenit on page 33
tired, his freends got aafil tirn an telt da midders dat Jesus on page 107

3 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Mam says at Miss Manson is a tirn aald lipper at hates bairns." on page 31

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
at da faa'in fit; some tirn wi een anidder, on page 46

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
At's tirn wi him for da blinndin o da C
1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
An’ tirn wye bein’ da scourge
1 matches

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