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Use in varieties of Scots

reins Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 10.1 3.2 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2219 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors13 10 2 1

Occurrences of reins in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
e aw flung doon the well. The reins, the branks, the blinders, th on page 6

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ts hooves. It's rider, wi nae reins tae control his mount, held o on page 38
And their bridle-reins rang through the thin misty c on page 48

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
s up his skill, But loses the reins; on page 6

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
neugh tae mak siccar that the reins o government an patronage hae on page 17
at nou hae their hauns on the reins o pouer at Westminster Hou? J on page 28
hae their grubby mitts on the reins o pouer cin ignore awbuddie a on page 32

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
em that had their hauns o the reins o pouer were feart o onie cha on page 125

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s Rufus's lead like a horse's reins. on page 33

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
the reins a' by oorsel on page 39

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
reins jinglin, horses snicheran, on page 35

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
aur brae-face. Ae flick o the reins, an the horse's muckle shoude on page 17

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
grippin ma reins, ay, breingin dounby on page 27

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
reins trailing in thi glaur. on page 76

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
s aa flung doun the well. The reins, the krings, the blinkers, th
r the horse-rake (nae bits or reins wis needit thir days, o coors
2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
alflin lad hauled hard on the reins o his powney as its hooves sk
1 matches

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Reins wipped round his wrists on page 120

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Gaed the horse a crack wi the reins. Fin
1 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Bot tha reins wus like twa washin lines, an on page 5

1 matches

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