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sweirt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 17 7.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3833 5 0 0 0 0
Number of authors18 15 3

Occurrences of sweirt in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The door ajee, syne sweirt, he turn't aside, on page 28

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
prince dauredna admit he wis sweirt tae leave this planet maistly on page 53
flusht. An I added, a bittie sweirt: on page 82
uchs an has gowden hair an is sweirt tae answer speirins, ye will on page 95

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
s place, an Alison, a wee bit sweirt, tuik the place o the Mairch on page 44

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
und, whit then?' Wee Mary wis sweirt tae fallae an in a fluffer ta on page 59

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
Collegianer: (Sweirt) Weill; A byde here for ti fo on page 48

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
harade!' But his men, aiblins sweirt tae shoot a man in cauld blui on page 47
oorse, hard, cruel men, an no sweirt tae thraw the neck o a hen or on page 58
. I'm sweirt tae tell Jennet, for I'm fear on page 73
tak it on,' said Adam, kinnae sweirt-like, 'but [ll hae tae think on page 77

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
William Carnegie, still sweirt tae fail, on page 18

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
whiles be sweirt tae recognise an accommodate on page 10

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Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
And be neither sweirt or averse on page 123

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
flesh, an Craig wad hae been sweirt tae tak on a man o forty-fowe on page 17

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
bby for easy oasy fowk that's sweirt tae hoise thair dowp but a bo on page 65

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
The rid baund stid, sweirt tae dae as he wis telt. on page 17

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
mony fowk, admeenistrators is sweirt tae spam-block it. Aw the sam
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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Ah’m sweirt tae say,
Ye’d be sweirt tae gang
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
roud mithers, ilkane wi thair sweirt laddies asyde thaim. The menf
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
aftware, a thing mony fowk is sweirt tae dae. Gin a body wins the
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
under psalms, hermonised by a sweirt David Peebles, is collectit i
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
Faither afore, bit he wis gey sweirt tae gan ower nearhaund Davie
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Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
er o Britain is ane that isna sweirt tae dae oot bit an that champ
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Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
ither tongue in cless, or the sweirt learners in Dundee, dour teen
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
guid. But at the stert, I wis sweirt tae tak it on, for his verses
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
thin mony o them wad hae been sweirt to dee fan their heids were a on page 40

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Weel, he wisna sweirt tae tell me Gavin's story. It on page 14

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"A sweirt kinna kintra!" said the Queen on page 33

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
faither's cas chrom, bit Ah'm sweirt tae connach a family heirloom on page 89

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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
e thing is, are they feart or sweirt tae keik intae the kist?
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