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Use in varieties of Scots

fyre Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 5.1 16.6 0 0 72.4 0
Number of occurrences2810 11 0 0 7 0
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of fyre in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
iment, at wes the litt o whyt fyre, gied hir the kest o a craitu on page 1
, hir goun lowin lik a tung o fyre in the umbrakkilt duirwey. Th on page 4

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
As wax befoir the fyre, I felt
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
aarm wir dowps afoir a rairin fyre o clogs,
i fricht. A cheirisum coll fyre wes the cause o’d. Hertie f
an bete the fyre frae the bress bunker at the
es wes cairried forrit wi the fyre aidge.
fyre ti monie a steidin an dingin
6 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
Wes sene, as flawis of fyre byrnand
1 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
coarse, oor fyne an cosy coal fyre. Fynally we reached thi hoose on page 4
uilding we wid gin ental, tae fyre up thi injin's eit wurket thi on page 5
Eis we crowdid roon thi coal fyre, watchen thi aul blaak an fig on page 6
hi Trust tae geang, Baggy wid fyre up thi Charm an we wid gein e on page 11
so's eit wid get hait air an fyre up, lyke a cal start. Weel ei on page 12
Also on pages 20, 51, 62
11 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
fyre.” Geordie wis sayed tae bei
hir airms fou o eldin fur the fyre;
ay, ae gey bit back frae the fyre, shei cuid
spit intil the hert o the fyre, throwe hir teeth; ithoot tak
on wi yasin elestic bands tae fyre paper darts it ilk
7 matches

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