A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

o'er Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.8 23.2 27 0 0 124 4.4
Number of occurrences7746 18 0 0 12 1
Number of authors18 11 4 2 1

Occurrences of o'er in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
THEY'RE A' GROWN UP NOO BAITH O'ER SIX FEET TALL BUT THIS WUS TH on page

28 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ttled in, Ah kinna jist dover o'er sometimes an' ma on page 6
mind jist gans O'er aw soorts. Ah think masell it on page 7
ye like, o' aw the auld women o'er on page 10
k that niver are able tae git o'er their loss because o' that. W on page 21
's funny whan ye think on it, o'er on the wast coast they're sti on page 34

5 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
, cajole or goad, Spellbound, o'er-come, on page 33

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, on page 79

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
Dreepin o'er a pillae an oan tae ma faithe
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
teid. An burst oot greetin aw o'er again. Ah tried tae bring the
1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ed it 'n' climbed up th' tree o'er fae th' trio. Th' pressure wi
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Bruce Triumphant, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, poetry
O'er the hill cam Bruce's men
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Silence stretched o'er th' moonlit sky as th' stars
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
t, that man tae man the warld o'er shall brithers be for aw that (2022) twitter link
d where MAN TAE MAN THE WARLD O'ER SHALL BRITHERS BE FOR AW THAT (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
pay below X" kite a few times o'er past 10 or 15 years... so I s (2022) twitter link
adulthood, listening tae her o'er the dinner table night efter (2022) twitter link
next next tae his Mawe's fur o'er 20 year. Only been his Mawe's (2022) twitter link
es on all the tables, covered o'er wi glass tops. She never hurr (2022) twitter link

Doric

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
"Wullie min, come o'er here." on page 9
yne Jock looked tae Nick back o'er, on page 14
Noo his work here is o'er an done, on page 20
O'er she geed tae Wullie an on page 30

4 matches

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Fae left o'er wool tae needles an' pins
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
aff the boats spills his pint o'er em(2016) search twitter
ie nae happy as beer stains a o'er them noo but was nae messing (2016) search twitter
a few days now after a blast o'er the weekend. Ma heed's still (2016) search twitter
Bert & masel went o'er tae the Torry battery side o'(2017) search twitter
ma daily crossword - leaned o'er me and said 7 up is Lemonade (2017) search twitter
and 5 other occurrences.

@glenlivetloon tweeted
Brig o'er the Livet #glenlivet #moray h(2014) search twitter
O'er the brig #dunkeld http://t.co(2014) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A sentry o'er a' Borderlands on page 12
Like tides o'er lives recedes on page 16
A' o'er the world am known throughoot on page 20
Read the world o'er on page 21
O'er mony decades, death it nears on page 34
Also on pages 35, 42, 47, 49, 50
10 matches

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Cos ye couldna hae o'er muckle, on page 149
Haun me o'er ma specs; on page 152

2 matches

Ulster

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
The rid earth turns o'er as wee lift the furst fur' an
1 matches

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