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The word 'stern'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sternOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus154824
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 56.3 22 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of stern in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
is feert at ye, cause ye're a stern kine o billie, ye tak oot fit on page 112

2 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
recastable, as the upstannin, stern adult folk wir aye sae fixed
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he sat doon. The Laird, wi a stern face on him, said tae his son
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ossessed ye?' Leanin ower the stern rail, the skipper pynted ti t on page 41

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
against stern an prow on page 8

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
on the Auchter Glen estate. A stern hard man fa stood
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
u Leddie Fortoun heizes up ma stern! She pits i ma haund monie a on page 48

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
I said. His face chainged tae stern an he leaned even further fur on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Megan gees me a stern look. on page 29
it," ah says as ah give him a stern glare. "But he goat yin oor t on page 44

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
towarts the easin. "A fallin stern."
ke. "Ilk time ye see a fallin stern, ye can mak a
fallin stern." Juist twa thrie saiconts ef
"A wush A saw anither fallin stern," Dauvit straucht gien back.
stern-spangilt howes. "The’r the
17 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
erson_h Us Fifers are made of stern stuff ?????(2020)

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Festooned wi warnins stark an stern States 'Ramblers: Tak a Hike! on page 213

1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e windaes lined the walls and stern-faced portraits cast judgemen
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ward.' This wis said wi sic a stern look that the wee lass scuttl on page 35
wis a mannie that wis made o stern stuff an on bein gien a haun- on page 43
awl or coble on a line at the stern tae try an get mair control o on page 92

4 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
nkilt aince mair lik a peirie stern. Bot it cuid skantlins be a s
. Bot it cuid skantlins be a stern in sicna orra sitivautioun; a
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Baith cauld or stern!
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Lang in the shade, stern wi silence tae, on page 55

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ia, sittin oan her throne, aw stern faced lookin, sits above the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e gaun a wee bit here wae the stern schoolmistress routine. ‘Yo
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
pit oot ilka stern on page 47

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nae stern, aa even on her favour's leck on page 9

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - I am the Lass, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Before adoring stern an mune
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
celtic needs tae hae a muckle stern wird wi itsel(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ster-scap tae dredger net tae stern tae strand tae tank on page 77

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Cast stern een up the lenth o Loch Ryan, on page 201

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Who are ye?" she repeated, stern this time, feart that some un on page 3

1 matches

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