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Use in varieties of Scots

strife Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 6.2 0 19.9 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences1912 0 2 0 0 5
Number of authors14 10 2 2

Occurrences of strife in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Pystle Frae Aberbrothock, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
but freedom's the cause o oor strife, on page 55

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ythe, an unnertowe o sturt an strife kythed alang wi thaim, for th on page 20

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
as in a pley sic as In Time o Strife (1928), the tongue yaized wis on page 37

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
aas nocht but remember'd strife. on page 53

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
s a metaphor for a poor man's strife. on page 104

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
your strife an enmity. on page 21

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
ars neer a murmell o domestic strife. on page 52

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Gin A'd foreseen sic darg an strife
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
? Away frae this stress an’ strife?
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
In teachin’s strife!
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Aw aboot his strife
1 matches

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
pit through torture and strife, on page 13

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
be the cause o arguments and strife. on page 33

1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Naethin' but bother n' strife. on page 23
troubled times n' strains an' strife; on page 32

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
earn frae in times o troubled strife. on page 18
Through times o ease nor strife. on page 27

3 matches

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