A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sire Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 3.6 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences87 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 4 1

Occurrences of sire in Corpus

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Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
son my father waited long to sire; on page 51

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Ye ettled no ma bairns tae sire on page 77

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Balfour: That's aa ma errand, sire. on page 35

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ebody wad hae me - an Ah’m sire Kamile kens that quhan she th
ebody wad hae me - an Ah’m sire Kamile kens that quhan she th
r tae shak thaim, an he wisna sire whedder they were wild wolfs
es wi a Dug-man, that’s for sire,” she sayed. “No gin we d
4 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
bein as sleekit as their ain sire – an biggit nests in Quarry
1 matches

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