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The word 'breem'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
breemOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.898
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of breem in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
the haar Hingin roon the howe Breem in their bonnets Pikes at han on page 15

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
The yalla wis on the breem,
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rl, bairns wad set alicht the breem an rise a boorach o fire engi
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
dozent. E gowden glimmer o e breem buss, e soon o splooterin see
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
o a tratour mae Ye nivver be breem on page 3

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
gaits, somethin like a leivin breem-besom." on page 85

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Is the yalla flooer upon the breem.
Yalla is the breem, trees bonny an green,
2 matches

@cligeey tweeted
hyena Here's the yalla on the breem Usually the aul traivellers m(2020)

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