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Use in varieties of Scots

yirth Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.2 22.3 4.8 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4742 3 1 0 0 1
Number of authors15 12 2 1 1

Occurrences of yirth in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Pystle Frae Aberbrothock, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
ae hunner Scots leive on the yirth on page 55

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
crummock. Whatna sowl on the yirth wad jalouse A'm ocht ither no on page 48

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
It bides in the yirth, in the vera air ye breathe. on page 196

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
i thi drum o thi yirth on page 61

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wrack, swith, swith, owre the yirth, and a scouther o rain, or th on page 47

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
heid first intil the stourie yirth. He liggit thonder for a mein on page 17

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
And the raw reek o yirth on page 16

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e has soundit the braid o the yirth and the testament til the hin on page 97

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
That aa the yirth sall whiten, hereawa; on page 30
An Yirth is juist a starn that glentit on page 31

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - The Warld Nixt Door, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Whaur the tirnin yirth scliffs the lift,
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
k himsel ferr ben back on the yirth. Syne, he hears the vyce o hi
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
us Sarah sleeps in her native yirth,
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
anice, for her hair like dark yirth an her een bluer than the lif
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
an plants, atweill the haill Yirth itsel, haes a richt ti be res
o a lairger communitie on the Yirth at is skaired wi beiss and pl
hat the impack wul be for the Yirth an its leivin be-ins. We ared
n onie skaith is duin til the Yirth, it soud be remeidit rael swi
a heize til takin a len o the Yirth, an argied in favour o develo
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Lehane, Matt Tuim Tattie, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
cors the yirth
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Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
hell is here on yirth in the form o
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e Jim Smith, a richt doon-tae-yirth fairmer chiel, hiz whit ane c(2018) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
o chiels, that'll "rowle the yirth wi an iron rod". Aat's fat it on page 81

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Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
The black yirth wi nae trees and nae gress, on page 111

2 matches

Orkney

Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
o sense on circled yirth
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
As tha oul yirth birls an years skite, skelpin on page 39

1 matches

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