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Use in varieties of Scots

mercie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 5.7 1.5 0 0 10.3 39.8
Number of occurrences2211 1 0 0 1 9
Number of authors8 4 1 1 2

Occurrences of mercie in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
focht, Harald laid oan wioot mercie, hackin aff airms, legs and h on page 14

8 matches

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Mercie! The baa's on the slates. on page 55

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
for grace and mercie bide wi thae that he has wale on page 97

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Mercie! Gies but ae peek o enlighten on page 95

1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Mercie me! You'r a meenister!" A wis on page 100

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ai Mercie, here the dawin!
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Guidness an mercie baith for shair Ir gien me ta on page 68

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
iefu, fer the' wull be showed mercie. on page 4
inin o thïs Scripture: 'It's mercie A'm efter, A'm no eftèr secr on page 9
an Halie ïs hïs name. Hïs mercie bides wi thaim that houls hï on page 70
ael, an kep hïs wurd o giein mercie ayewyes. on page 71
sorra, an sayed, 'O God, hae mercie on me, for A'm naethin but a on page 100

8 matches

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