A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

beir Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6 9.4 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2019 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 11 1

Occurrences of beir in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Come beir the gree on page 106

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
cht tak up oor fecht until we beir the gree. on page 6

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
an let's see if yell beir the gree!' I sink ma teeth on page 38

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 102 - A Sang tae the Heir, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
The sons beir the wecht o the sins o the fa on page 12

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
s wis ower muckle for him tae beir. The verra thocht made him wa on page 1

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
n tae caum her doon. I cannae beir it. on page 42

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
mar. Dr Purves maun o veritie beir the grei fur giein a gryte he on page 11
nae dout i the owthar's harn beir the marmor kervins schawin th on page 13

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
nie leisten til hiz stores ir beir ane owrewird til hiz singin. on page 5

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
didnae chynge tae a beir on page 66

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
sae beir awa, see, the flouerie offran on page 17

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
It's a peetie they canna aw beir the gree but the'r aye neist
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
leid anaw, (nott the time an beir wutness efter), kis it wes on
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
order. Bot the borderers cuid beir the brount o weir an
he beiss chynged frae a broun beir in a
2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
tradeetional spellin guid can beir aa thae differin pronunciatio
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
es its ain particlar rood tae beir that micht weel conter ony si
aw howpin thair ain case will beir the gree. Howanever, wyce Jup
2 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"I'd beir the gree nae badder!" said th on page 99

1 matches

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