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Use in varieties of Scots

reiver Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 10.1 1.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2320 1 0 0 1 1
Number of authors14 11 1 1 1

Occurrences of reiver in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
s plain as parritch nou. Thon reiver that swickit ma guidwyfe, hae on page 48

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
rtun. Ah'll fin oot wha's the reiver. on page 14

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'A reiver!' the Trunchbull skraiched. ' on page 114

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
r onybody tae be a brigander, reiver, or fornicator. on page 120

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ns intae a cursed creautor, a reiver o mages, slave tae the Muse y on page ix

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ain ferm, hopin tae catch the reiver. on page 8

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
"Hae ye no fund yon quad bike reiver yitt?" on page 114

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
heids Sooth for ti finnd the reiver, an encoonters the Inglisman, on page 142

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Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - Oan the Daith o John Law, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
ms, grylle manes o the Raikin Reiver:
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e ein luikin doun on hir. The reiver laddies wes keikin ower the
Reinge Reiver.
the ying reiver, whitwey thai wes traivellin
reiver sein the mense o the idaia, b
The skeillie reiver crap alang the schoir i the m
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
sixteenth century, the Border reiver was Kinmont Willie, no Kinmon
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@LairnScots tweeted
nson! Awbody should read 'The Reiver Rat'! by James Robertson #Sco (2020) twitter link

Doric

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
at. 'It's neen waar as Murlie-Reiver in yer family.' on page 83

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
escendent o the notour Border Reiver, “Watt Scott, o Harden”,
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Whaur's tha coorse fire o tha Reiver, on page 58

1 matches

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