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The word 'hairse'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hairseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.4149
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hairse 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.

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Hamish leuch or he wis hairse on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
er fan, an craiked efter them hairse wi cauld. The sheughs bi the
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
hairse, sae John telt hir.
1 matches

West Central

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
The team screeched themsels hairse.
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Thir hairse caw an clack. on page 71

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
es. I am auld and my voice is hairse, but whan I hae teached ye th
e he haed said, his voice wis hairse, but he sang weel eneuch, and
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e sayed verra quate, her vyce hairse wi greetin, “I think it’s
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
peat it, but her vyce soundit hairse an weird, an the words didnae on page 18
business," the Duchess gied a hairse growl, "the warld wad burl ro on page 44

3 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
es. Ah am auld and ma vyce is hairse, but aince ah hae lairnt ye t on page 6

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
fear, their mouths slavert wi hairse peitifou cries as their wee h
1 matches

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