| hir | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 400.4 | 210.2 | 13.6 | 337.8 | 11.6 | 795.9 | 3328.3 | |
| Number of occurrences | 1283 | 409 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 77 | 752 | |
| Number of authors | 40 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An natur shaws hir comin-douns, on page 112
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ell. Syne A'l tak leg bail or hir guidman wins hame, kis he's m on page 47
rk for yeir luve. (Moira gies hir guidman a mukkil smack) Atwei on page 48
13 matches
Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ublit bir, and the greving of hir deir mother, as she callit me on page 43
1 matches
Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
annet. He wis mair taen up wi hir nor ony ither bodie. on page 14
58 matches
Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
t an owre fykie ti be laed on hir lei-lane sae ye ar cheined ti on page 3
ine as A instantlie bapteized hir wes on aw accompts the chaper on page 5
odestine, an aince mair laded hir wi ma geir. The fauldit palli on page 6
7 matches
Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
fur hiz vissie wes hauddit bi hir faiss. He nivver dramed at th on page 1
Shae pit hir haun intil hiz. "Puir Quentin on page 2
in on?" shae speired. It bene hir favourit quastioun as a bairn on page 3
hed the twasum quat the ruim, hir goun lowin lik a tung o fyre on page 4
10 matches
Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
Quene o the Norlin Pechts wi hir menyie o leddies It med a bra on page 42
hreistiane lass an gied thaim hir blissin. The Quene telt Barba on page 45
eirs. The Quene nid-noddit ti hir guid-man an the Keing gied or on page 46
4 matches
Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
in the lenth o't liggin afoir hir, onchynged, the inschis staun on page 1
cumin ben the windae belangit hir. The saft souns o the dous in on page 2
nsk, Tittie hed nae douts. Ti hir the Bret Navyne wes the lamp on page 4
ahent on the schore, cam frae hir penn. Thur stores wuid hae cu on page 6
in the lenth o't liggin afoir hir, onchynged, the inschis staun on page 8
49 matches
Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
hir mither cam an caught her on page 13
a' hir claes ir far too sma on page 24
hir white sheet frae the green on page 52
3 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
od, tellt in fousome Scots bi hir ain sel on a Scotsoun kistie on page 54
1 matches
Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wi the gowans on hir brow on page 27
1 matches
Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
near the fiftie year. Met wi hir, mairrit wi hir an the first on page 21
3 matches
Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Eftir hir 'at hame' on page 133
for Hir Majestie's inspection, waggin on page 135
3 matches
Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Hir's riven apairt hit's tattert on page 26
1 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
I hir Yolande's hivin a pairtie the on page 28
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
ayont leid, for Inglis anes. Hir walin frae 'Hamlet' is taen t on page 116
4 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
sae I hae hogmagandy wi hir pal insteid. on page 114
2 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
(monie thenks til hir for thon, kis it haes been a on page 7
the Meinister o Cultur, gien hir haun til that commeitment, on page 8
Morton for hir mukkil leiterarie an saicreta on page 10
4 matches
Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
and failliand of the ayrez of hir body, the half of the fornemm on page 19
2 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
rauchan howpin ti be haeled o hir bluid disease, an hinnerlie, on page 135
us kemp, but the dou cums til hir wi a flaucht o yella hair in on page 137
uld cadger whan he cums afore hir, e'en tho he offers hir a pai on page 138
ondeition that he wul mairrie hir dauchter, Meg. She is hamelie on page 139
haist til his leddie an tells hir o a bluidie stour at seeminli on page 140
Also on pages 141, 142
35 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Betty dis hir writin in Scots, an Jack disn on page 91
5 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
t, wad a been gled for ti ken hir), an here, we ir gien sum ins
in publicatioun associatit wi hir, an ane at haes made uiss o t
73. Onie-hou, fairfaw Ruth an hir ecological projecks. We ir ho
e ir howpin ti hae a review o hir buik neist time oot. An for a
4 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
nnds it necessar for ti stell hir son i the meilitarie. But she
mak sikkar o a poseition ablo hir kinsman, Captain Campbell. Ho
ch that she haes aiblins tint hir wuts (allouin a wyce-like exp
orse). But his ghaist veisits hir ti assuir aw wul be weill, an
o Gaelic sang. The narrator, hir nephew o coorse, wes a seikli
13 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
init that during the reine of hir maist blissit Magestie (The M
albeit, gif he refuses to tak hir till be his wyf, he sall be m
2 matches
Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
l about the egs in a poke ben hir schoppin-bag. Thai mebbies be
in hame ma sister. A veisitit hir the day afoir ti schaw hir ma
the day afoir ti schaw hir ma nyow uinifurm.
omsie maun persavit belyve bi hir expairience o visnomie A supp
. Bot he didna. He bot bekked hir intil the cosie ruim at wes h
156 matches
Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
wee. Lik a speug she was and hir features matched frae the bri
an ahint wirerimmed specs, ti hir beiklik neb and wee thin lipp
2 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
"Hou bonnie," Sylvie said til hir frein, Dauvit, in a saft vyce
founerment haed cruppit intil hir
Dauvit scarce haerd hir, an ettilt ti cum upsides wi
3 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tress, an actuallie cam afore hir daith. A compellin studie o
1 matches
Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
She's jist a bairn, hir names Lily
it no anymair, she got set in hir ways
2 matches
Valentine, Lynn Thi Loast Bairn, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Arbroath, poetry
in thi nicht wi hir girnin; a loup roon the room
let hir see licht, couldnae let hir b
see licht, couldnae let hir be born
3 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Auld Reekie dons hir festive face
Whan she pits on hir festive face
Frae hir we didnae like a clout,
3 matches
Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
e […] so luiffed Vlisses in hir dayis’.
1 matches
Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
whae ‘so luiffed vlisses in hir dayis’, and thon o Portia
1 matches
MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
ae nummer, frae 1973, hes gat hir duettin wi Michal Dočolomans
1 matches
MacMinto, Gregor Apartheid in Ohio, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
condeetions in Sooth Africae, hir hamelaun’. Appearinly, gaun
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
first yin's face wis yalla an hir hair wis a heeze o blaik snak
blue an spikit's a porcupine. Hir nails wis lang an blaik an he
war awa, Pranny luikit aboot hir an spied a coconut tree. She'
"I widna hae gien hir yon gowd. I'd hae spent it,"
name, stridie-leggit an barin hir fud, like a droont, greyin ro
5 matches
TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
reid-wuid, an ah screicht it hir "Ma prize!"
1 matches
Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
wha steyed wi hir son at Millgeo on page 9
Noo oan hir own, hoo wid sheu manage? on page 10
8 matches
Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Many a mither blide o hir skill. on page 12
4 matches
Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Annie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Singin hir haert oot on page 30
3 matches
Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ds hid oot tae him an he sees hir hans are shakin. He taks the on page 38
msie can dae notheen tae help hir fur he's strugglan tae cope h on page 39
Many a mither blide o hir skill. on page 75
Chantin oot hir magic wurds on page 151
13 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
an sheu ran intae the Scots o hir screed's final lines – wird
s steid o the sneck vernaclar hir mither spok doun the phon. Th
2 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
klee. Thir a bit o slipach in hir aksent, bit hid tends tae bai
fairs oot a the Orcadian fae hir tung whan sheu flits tae Edin
etik speleen: the naraetirs o hir storees ir spaekan, no ritan,
3 matches
Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
t my midder wid say if I telt hir whit I wis doin ee noo.
1 matches
Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Hir door opent on the whyte watti
aw hir lane athouten a man.
She peels fresh oranges for hir jo,
Raisin hir een til his, she offers him
a reed-pype an pits yin til hir ain lips.
6 matches
Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the tyme the ootbye Post gaed hir roond. Ay, Geordie wis ae kee
teacher an hir man, muved doon tae tak owre
muved, alang wi hir sister, Mrs. Paxton, intil yi
er thing tae sei Mrs Dodds an hir scholars; daein thair lessons
rmer hed reponed bi sayin til hir, “Marcie mei ee kan sei the
67 matches
Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Rubbin hir hans on page 2
Nae road wuz, hir on page 4
Hir lane, booed ower the kennlin on page 9
A oot an awa an hir on page 10
In hir lach: on page 15
Also on pages 16, 17, 22, 32, 47, 49
31 matches
Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Hir edict "tae baegin it" on page 5
wile tire't o sittin baeside hir sister on the dake an haein n on page 7
gitting the better o hir, shae tuk aff ower the fiel e on page 8
lt "ORANGE MARMALADE" but tae hir wile disappointment it wus em on page 9
t.) "A hope they mine tae gie hir a saucer o milk at taytim. Di on page 10
Also on pages 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 97, 99, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125
256 matches
Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
wus tha faither o Solomon, bi hir that wus yinst tha wife o Uri on page 1
wife. But he dïdnae sleep wi hir til eftèr tha wean wus boarn on page 2
eadie commïtit adultèrie wi hir ïn hïs hairt. If yer richt on page 5
n bed wi a faivir. He toucht hir han an tha faivir left hir, a on page 9
bijah; an hïs wife Lïzbeth, hir femlie went bak til tha docht on page 69
Also on pages 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 81, 82, 84, 88, 89, 90, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 104
83 matches
Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
ould be said "Ye wudnae merry hir if the sovereigns wuz hingin on page 33
2 matches
Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ah thocht Ah might tak' hir' aisy, on page 14
Draped in lace an' nylon, see hir smudge o' a smile, on page 18
She bleached hir moosey hair. on page 19
Hir eyes Ah wid say they wir blue on page 21
We hae laid bare hir store, on page 37
Also on pages 45
26 matches
McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
. Sirrah's fether and baith o hir grandas wus wabsters as weel. on page 7
fancie airs, the' didnae get hir ocht. Thon hizzie she wus fu on page 11
seen thaim an thocht the' wur hir Hugh's. Yin day she wus that on page 15
wie, an he'd aye bin guid tae hir weans. "Weans", she thocht, l on page 16
Maggie brocht Wullie bak tae hir hoose fur his denner. "Yer no on page 19
Also on pages 24, 29, 30
13 matches
Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Wee Bo Peep haes loast hir sheep on page 7
Wee Miss Muffet sat on hir tuffet on page 13
It followed hir tae school yin day on page 14
3 matches
Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
ey sae roon tha toon, ‘Keep hir lit’.
1 matches
Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
hir lang wunter sleep,
ll froze, she blows steam fae hir nose, man,
At thirteen I wus hir't, it's gyely time I retir't
3 matches
Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
tae let him know, that him an hir wus comin’
1 matches