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Use in varieties of Scots

forgien Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 3.1 19.6 0 34.9 0 75.2
Number of occurrences426 13 0 6 0 17
Number of authors8 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of forgien in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
ainly richt that ah shoud be forgien. on page 48

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Gin he'd bin there wid hae forgien us! on page 92

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
syne yer sins will be forgien. on page 97

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
o the computer desk, could be forgien for thinkin tae theirsel, ‘
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
A body cuid be forgien for jalousin that nane o thai
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
s mooth is, an a body cuid be forgien for wunnerin gin the'r no a w
1 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
, ma loon, yer ill-deeins are forgien." Some o e laayers hearin iss on page 17
n throw their ill-deeins bein forgien. on page 81
"Hey min, yer ill deeins are forgien." on page 87
tae say, 'Yer ill deeins are forgien,'or tae say, 'stan up an waal on page 88
ill o you; forgie an ye'll be forgien; gie, an it'll be gien tae yo on page 90
Also on pages 92, 102, 110, 121
13 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
dem dat aa dir faats ir been forgien. on page 57
n trowe his daeth fock 'll be forgien. Whit he's dön 'll nivir be on page 59
t ir dem dat forgie dey'll be forgien. on page 88
d, 'My freend, aa dy faats ir forgien.' on page 109
rgie dem. As da Göd Man haes forgien your faats, so forgie da faat on page 169

6 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
jist as we hae forgien tha yins that's ïn debt tae on page 6
hairt, sinn; yer sins ïs aa forgien." At this, some o tha maistè on page 9
et saved bi haein thair sïns forgien. on page 71
"Ma freen, yer sïns ïs aa forgien." on page 78
ondemned, forgie an yis'll be forgien. Gie an yis'll be gien tae; a on page 80
Also on pages 82, 89, 91
17 matches

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