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Use in varieties of Scots

reivers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.1 9.6 1.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1918 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors12 11 1

Occurrences of reivers in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s frae sum saga nor mercenary reivers bydin on a tottie trader ship on page 56

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Eat!' she bawled. 'Gutsie wee reivers wha like tag eat cake, maun h on page 122

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Reivers o a different kind come plund on page 40

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Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
preisin furms. Cauld, wouffs, reivers, abune aw the nocturne pliski on page 5

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
"Thieves! skraiked Ratton. 'Reivers! Caterans! Hoosebreakers! Pau on page 71

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The reivers came, ower the border, on page 35

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tradeition (throu the Border reivers an Covenanters) an the uiss o on page 110

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
The Reivers: The Story of the Border Reiv on page 126

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
neishin an the mainner at the reivers
The cumpanie o reivers birled roun thair ledar, at w
ti dae as it tuik ti tel. The reivers
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s o a formal cursing o Border reivers (see ablow) an a ‘devout ex
Excommunication of Border reivers
in the vernacular, of Border reivers, 1525 (f.204)” in George Do
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ae the newly-arrived pairty o reivers wad jyne in wi Beatrice’s l
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@billykayscot tweeted
s a descendent of Liddiesdale reivers https://t.co/iEh7Fonpre(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
he rade oot wis his rag-tag o reivers tae spulzie the place. on page 51

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