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Use in varieties of Scots

afoir Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.3 36.7 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences6969 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors1 1

Occurrences of afoir in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
itral fowk at bad in Tuscanie afoir the Roumans spendit ti pouer. on page 12

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
e apperance o a man at saulit afoir the moste, bot semed lik a co on page 4
u hiz neb an dounluik me; bot afoir the ouk wes gane he wes shuir on page 5
mament, a bittie angirt-lik, afoir he ongaed wi'z speik ti auld on page 7

7 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
nket kennitna in thon distrik afoir. A wes luikit upo wi sneist, on page 1
leip wi ane ei apen, an be up afoir the skreich o day. A dissyded on page 3
sse A wes mertert on ma gate. Afoir tellin ye o ma ain mishanters on page 5
w-gaun, A wes up a wie bittie afoir eftir fyve; bi sax we begoud on page 6

6 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
rvit wes pit intil poseitioun afoir thai wes decored, sae the mai on page 42
l mainner. Bot ye didna speik afoir the Keing hed spak sae thai h on page 43
un wes steidit on buik leir. (Afoir the Drewits the auld fowk for on page 47

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
hae sein the lenth o't liggin afoir hir, onchynged, the inschis s on page 1
elyte o haein the lang simmer afoir hir, wi hir faimlie an freins on page 2
hae sein the lenth o't liggin afoir hir, onchynged, the inschis s on page 8

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
he aff-takkit, an wes gane afoir thai’l cuid think o a richt
hiz lyfe hed he sein a wattir afoir – this sleke, sinnonie, fub
, A hae nivver bene in a boit afoir i aw ma lyfe.”
3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ister. A veisitit hir the day afoir ti schaw hir ma nyow uinifurm
he leirit ti gang on’t lang afoir me, fur, tho he wes a wie lad
es an we wuid waarm wir dowps afoir a rairin fyre o clogs,
it ane horrid wie houss richt afoir the maner, lik a skabbie wie
. He hed a caller pynt o yill afoir’m, an a guid bleize
44 matches

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