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stervin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 19 10.6 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences4537 7 0 1 0 0
Number of authors19 15 3 1

Occurrences of stervin in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
When in loups ae stervin lion on page 17

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
thocht that it micht weel be stervin, wi a guid chance then, that on page 39

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Whit's that? Ah'm stervin? on page 5
The thoosans o bairns wha are stervin an seek on page 36

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
near stervin, faithers, mithers, weans in on page 30
otland they were puir an near stervin acause o the Lallan Clearance on page 56
the stervin weans an needfu wives. on page 77

5 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an smallpox, that struck doun stervin folk waikened by hunger. on page 63

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'I'm still pure stervin. I want mair.' on page 36

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
her slice o breid. Ye must be stervin.' on page 187

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t when aw aroun were deein or stervin had tae be because they were on page 97

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
spiered Grannie Jockina. 'I'm stervin! Thee haill faimly spiered is on page 175

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
e warld! Naebody will ever be stervin again' on page 74

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
tors the haill day. They were stervin tae. They shauchled ower tae on page 29
tods were slowly but shairly stervin tae daith. on page 34
rns I hae, he thocht. They're stervin tae daith and they've no had on page 36
a hinnies! Whit a sicht for a stervin tod! Losh me! Heech awa! Hooc on page 40
oot, even at nicht! We're aw stervin tae daith!' on page 46
Also on pages 52, 54, 58, 81
9 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
stervin in the stoor on page 30
pished oot his brens and he's stervin on page 77

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Amang the crapless glebes an stervin camps, the graund on page 29

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
heesht bairns, child hoors an stervin day-labourers sleepin twal ta on page 9

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Cauld an stervin o vera hunger, on page 39

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Lappin an slurpin like it wis stervin. Whit Mary jaloosed it wis.
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Sae aye stervin wi hungir John an Mirren rete
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
By this time Dorothy wis fair stervin, she hadnae etten since the f
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Ah’m stervin,” sayed Bai-Yun.
“Ah'm stervin,” sayed Bai-Yun.
2 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
scious, eydent and deliberate stervin o the puir gin it hains their
Tory rule fae Westminster and stervin sackless wee bairnies that ca
2 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Stervin caul fan i'skies ir grey on page 85

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Kilrogie schuleroom wis stervin cauld in October. The wee sto
the worsit wis sune weety an stervin wi the snaa, an bi the time s
than us. An it's dashed weel stervin in this car, sae it is!'
3 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Fit aboot a banana? I'm fair stervin' ken. X(2015) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
stervin = 'very cold' in StE: He's a on page 106

1 matches

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