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Use in varieties of Scots

yestreen Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19 17.5 25.6 9.9 0 20.7 31
Number of occurrences6134 17 1 0 2 7
Number of authors32 21 7 1 1 2

Occurrences of yestreen in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
I heard the Queen sayin juist yestreen, that ye were heidin for a be on page 44

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
huir, this ane's no a scone o yestreen's bakin, an he'l no lippen ti on page 48

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Ma heid's still in yestreen, last nicht, on page 54

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
h doun frae Rutherglen, whaur yestreen he had nailed a defiant decla on page 35
ndy Peden. She mindit it like yestreen - tho she'd been only aicht on page 67
wis a drover chiel gaed throu yestreen wi a herd o nowt for Lanark m on page 72

3 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ine they prentit in the paper yestreen on page 100

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e sum humourin neidit, aifter yestreen's stramash. The fisher foowk on page 14

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
ened. Time-reivin frae blithe yestreen. on page 16

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
tried it on a Heedrum-Hodrum yestreen in the Testin Chaumer and str on page 103

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
he sentences, A seen the film yestreen and A saw the film yestreen I on page 25

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'He cowped fower yestreen, Mrs Beek.' on page 69

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
a wrang yestreen on page 35

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ickin the een oot a wee corps yestreen, sae Craig had better get aff on page 17

1 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ld rain in the late forenoon. Yestreen a navy ship was ridin at anch on page 5

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Yestreen A saw an unco sicht on page 62

2 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Yestreen cries ti me frae the deep, on page 10

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Yestreen A saw an unco sicht
For Ah jist ate ma ain yestreen.
Yestreen when walkin up the glen
3 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Onybody keekin roond the door yestreen an seein me laid oot on ma ba
€™s hou I cam tae the farce o yestreen. It wis like turnin back the
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
, Public Health England juist yestreen said owre hauf o bairns in so
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
‘Whit did A dae yestreen?’ he winnert. Naucht.
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Yestreen nae lang efter lowsin ma darg
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
w #hooletontour in Galashiels yestreen. Just braw! Luikin forrit tae(2016) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
a spring tide acause the muin yestreen! https://t.co/mx9EQbNVQb(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
ma Ayrshire guidbrither said yestreen, “I’m still a spring chicke(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
idgebrain Ah experienced this yestreen. Ah hed hoose cleaners in, an(2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
@bawbagnnd @Lenniesaurus Yestreen she wisnae frae the west as s (2021) twitter link

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
yestreen on page 2
ed as a basso profondo fir Ye yestreen wis ma stert a threipit the D on page 3

2 matches

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Whan I gaed asleep yestreen on page 113

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Ye said yestreen that we hid tae weer pink cla on page 91

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
braes o the Hill o Leddrach. Yestreen, his faither hid spent the fo
n tae Alec an Ned at the roup yestreen, ay, an a puckle mair loons f
e maist important body there. Yestreen, he'd pued Minnie's sledge ta
seen-tae-be-Hogmanay cleanin yestreen, an hid socht fur a full day
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e mind tae turn oot the lamp. Yestreen he’d wint awa and left it b
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Michael wiz far worse than yestreen, his body covered in big reed
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
n. She’d heard them claikin yestreen, doon bi the burn.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Yestreen, anely runs eence a wikk! htt(2017) search twitter
mer in Aiberdeen an the shire yestreen! https://t.co/MAXnwO3iEp(2019) search twitter
ther wifie o the hoosie spent yestreen wi her crafting freens, sae @(2019) search twitter
aboot fash wi @Manuforti1968 yestreen gart me putten on ma celebrit(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Fleein visit tae the aal fowk yestreen, efter mair nor a year. 91 an (2021) twitter link
Hide-an-sic in the wids yestreen, A spiert at wee kittie, the (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ran, wi ivry ee on her back. Yestreen sheu wis gotten a meeteen wi on page 146

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
cht. A mynd on’t gin it wur yestreen, it wur ae muinless
and 178.). A mynd, gin it wur yestreen, Mrs Helen Govenlock
2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha thrissle Ad lain ablow yestreen on page 20

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
n the wa', whar' cam' it frae yestreen, That did sae loudly pipe an' (2019) twitter link
Selfie fae yestreen's Burns Nicht hoolie doon in (2015) twitter link
efter their win at the fitbaa yestreen... https://t.co/q7tkzagptm (2016) twitter link
nd o an aul #UlsterScots wurd yestreen. Were there stanes in your sh (2015) twitter link
Sherramuir, I mind it weel as yestreen (Halloween). (2015) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

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