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Use in varieties of Scots

heerd Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words30 1.1 3.2 0 0 0 393.5
Number of occurrences932 2 0 0 0 89
Number of authors13 2 1 11

Occurrences of heerd in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Ah doot ye hae heerd bards bummin an blawin on page 22

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
y aw them wantin tae come. We heerd aboot fowk jynin the tailend
1 matches

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
I heerd nae mair vyces nor laachan on page 113
I expect ye'd heerd ma feet on page 122

2 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha very thing A heerd him say on page 6
A heerd tha hamely tongue on page 13
ha day ma God A caa Yit Am no heerd by thee; on page 63
he hide his face frae him But heerd him whan he cried. on page 66
A whisht, an heerd a voice within. on page 71

5 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
cotch, o coorse). An folk hae heerd aa sorts o things fae him: yi on page 8
An shed heerd o tha crack o McBane on page 10
A heerd tha watter quail's caa on page 19
An heerd tha nicht's grim soonds: on page 21
An A heerd coorse hauf-fameeliar wurds, on page 22
Also on pages 38
6 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
p hïm." Whaniver Kïng Herod heerd thïs, he wus baadlie püt ab on page 2
Noo whan Jesus heerd tha wittins that Jhone haed b on page 4
Yis hae heerd that ït wus saed tae fowk la on page 5
Yis hae heerd that ït wus saed, 'An ee fer on page 6
, an he daes ït!" Whan Jesus heerd thïs, he wus stoondit an sae on page 9
Also on pages 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 95, 97, 98, 100, 101, 103, 108, 109, 111
53 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Weans thut heerd tha wondrous tales, on page 19

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ud quarely lilt a sang, Til A heerd masel, iz ithers heerd, an fu on page 11
ha scullery whan he thocht he heerd some kine o a noise ower tha on page 17
lair, ripped tae bits. Wullie heerd her cum in an caad her intae on page 18
ers wur lettin on the' hadnae heerd him. on page 23

6 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
If his opinion wisnae heerd. on page 13
Hae ye heerd enough o me ills? on page 19
"Ye'll nae believe whut A hae heerd." on page 22
An whan A heerd it toul tae me, on page 24
A've heerd o thon thing they caa Bakeboo on page 35

5 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2001) Ulster, weans
t big pancake?” The pancake heerd the weeyins. It sed,
“A seen it wi mae een. A heerd it wi mae lugs. Some o it fel
A heerd it wi mae lugs.
“A seen it wi mae een. A heerd it wi mae lugs. Some o it fel
A heerd it wi mae lugs.
6 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
An altho’ the fowk heerd it was comin’
1 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
Fer aa tha folk that niver heerd tell o’ oul money, A’m ga
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
“Gin A hadnae heerd an saa thon thunner an lichtn
ng ye landit in wi us. A’ve heerd thur’s a toonlan ahint tha
Ben tha cottar hoose, Grace heerd a wile crack an a wechty dunt
ocht in tha proota fiel, John heerd a cry oan tha wun.
4 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
yC @georgebfoster - I havnae heerd o this "England" ava? Would i (2014) twitter link

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