A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

faer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 0 0 228.5 151.1 0 44.3
Number of occurrences590 0 23 26 0 10
Number of authors17 8 8 1

Occurrences of faer 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.

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
nivver faer fae the door. on page 5

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
get the danceen gan at a faer owld pace. on page 31

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
an gaed a'af. He steud in the faer corner o the field for a good on page 21
The cock hid gaed too faer, on page 38

2 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
But Feyther taks a faer lukk in his een, on page 42

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Get the danceen gan at a faer owld pace on page 157

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Blackbraes - faer fae Souley an Blackburn - sa on page 13
ranny an Granda Inkster wirna faer away bit hid wis a long waak on page 43
Ahm no happy fur thir's faer too minny growan noo. on page 63
Hid kinna hiv geen faer, the sixth on page 105
Better faer, tae me hid wad seem on page 116
Also on pages 145
8 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
island o Rousay in shape but faer, faer bigger an it filled the on page 14

2 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
faer awey, yit closs. on page 93

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
ain maks for a haggis that is faer lighter and moister than supe
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
eyes fixed unblinkanly of the faer corner o Privet Gate. It didn
eet were twa peedie pinpricks faer awey, which wis the eyes o th
2 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
tland language o the drama is faer too diluted for the tastes o
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
gisms an mell dialects ithoot faer o bean inaathentic, fir yir s
1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
In the faer haaf a wave maks for the geo,
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
didna laek ta slip da jar for faer at he killed someen, so shö on page 9
ir as fast as shö could, for faer at shö micht meet da richt M on page 34
e shö wis glinderin aboot in faer among da trees, dey wir a pee on page 40
me shö wis oot o her sken wi faer at he micht be hungry, for if on page 41
"I wid never a tried it for faer on page 47
Also on pages 57, 60, 75, 80, 83, 110, 114
12 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Her man haes nae faer o her an kens dat he'll nivir on page 49
d 'll come tae wis, der's nae faer o dat. He'll come lik da rivi on page 67
nty o maet, an dey'll hae nae faer o onything. Da Göd Man 'Ill on page 73
plenty o room - you hae nae faer o dat. Am gyaan ta mak ready on page 141

6 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
cat, fur shü coodna face da faer a dat pain again. An dan Luck on page 28
berth though. Dat wis fae da faer at lay in wi me fae shortly e on page 54

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
athin his pooch; a meld o faer on page 98

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
ancer. Weel hit's da wird you faer maist. Whin he telt me hit wi
learned ta ignore pain, deny faer. In me haed I wis dis confide
2 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
mes cam aboot, fur he wid nae faer laek ta aet dem if he got da
1 matches

Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
Borne in on flans o faer
1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Beenie lamented, trimlin we faer.
1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
F fur faer oo callous foe, on page 13
Bot childer carred wi awful faer, on page 18
Faer, ir pity, creepin dread? on page 22
Fur faer thut we wud spread ait aboot, on page 24
Truth wull blush wi awful faer on page 26
Also on pages 46, 49
10 matches

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