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The word 'reivers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
reiversOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81912
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of reivers in Corpus

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General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
he rade oot wis his rag-tag o reivers tae spulzie the place. on page 51

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
neishin an the mainner at the reivers
The cumpanie o reivers birled roun thair ledar, at w
ti dae as it tuik ti tel. The reivers
3 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Eat!' she bawled. 'Gutsie wee reivers wha like tag eat cake, maun h on page 122

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Reivers o a different kind come plund on page 40

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
preisin furms. Cauld, wouffs, reivers, abune aw the nocturne pliski on page 5

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ae the newly-arrived pairty o reivers wad jyne in wi Beatrice’s l
1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s frae sum saga nor mercenary reivers bydin on a tottie trader ship on page 56

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
"Thieves! skraiked Ratton. 'Reivers! Caterans! Hoosebreakers! Pau on page 71

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The reivers came, ower the border, on page 35

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tradeition (throu the Border reivers an Covenanters) an the uiss o on page 110

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
The Reivers: The Story of the Border Reiv on page 126

3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s o a formal cursing o Border reivers (see ablow) an a ‘devout ex
Excommunication of Border reivers
in the vernacular, of Border reivers, 1525 (f.204)” in George Do
3 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
s a descendent of Liddiesdale reivers https://t.co/iEh7Fonpre(2020)

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