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The word 'feirt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
feirtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.7287
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 174.7 14 1
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 feirt in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tae this hole. Maggie, A'm so feirt. on page 20

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
For far fae feirt o ye am I, on page 13
Bit Wullie wisna feirt bi noo, on page 27

3 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
en!” Paul wiz jeelt, he wiz feirt for his life. The deil dugs l
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
onie support. A wes sae feirt at the biggin wuid cum doun r
thair neives. Mirren wes feirt fur hir lyfe. Than ane auncie
hai kent at thair faither wes feirt at thai wuid cum upo a punzie
Feirt at it wes mebbies the Tornes
4 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
n man wi ae shank A wesna sae feirt o the skipper hissell as ithe on page 5

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
chts wes mibbies a derf fowk, feirt o nane an feirt bi aw, bot ke on page 42

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
eh wis feirt as a wean on page 62

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
t was her view that fowk were feirt tae declare their intention o
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
irdon!" cried Ahlice hastily, feirt that she'd hurt th pair beast on page 21
she added in a whisper, hauf feirt that eet would b' offended ag on page 28
gaun!" An Ahlice was sae awfy feirt that she rin off at yince in on page 32
knockin, an hurried upstairs, feirt in case she should meet th re on page 33
bit, an hed nae reason tae b' feirt o eet. on page 35
Also on pages 39, 50, 78, 81, 82, 91, 108, 120, 123
14 matches

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