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The word 'fyre'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fyreOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.7285
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 87.3 7 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 fyre in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
coarse, oor fyne an cosy coal fyre. Fynally we reached thi hoose on page 4
uilding we wid gin ental, tae fyre up thi injin's eit wurket thi on page 5
Eis we crowdid roon thi coal fyre, watchen thi aul blaak an fig on page 6
hi Trust tae geang, Baggy wid fyre up thi Charm an we wid gein e on page 11
so's eit wid get hait air an fyre up, lyke a cal start. Weel ei on page 12
Also on pages 20, 51, 62
11 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
As wax befoir the fyre, I felt
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
aarm wir dowps afoir a rairin fyre o clogs,
i fricht. A cheirisum coll fyre wes the cause o’d. Hertie f
an bete the fyre frae the bress bunker at the
es wes cairried forrit wi the fyre aidge.
fyre ti monie a steidin an dingin
6 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
iment, at wes the litt o whyt fyre, gied hir the kest o a craitu on page 1
, hir goun lowin lik a tung o fyre in the umbrakkilt duirwey. Th on page 4

2 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
Wes sene, as flawis of fyre byrnand
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
fyre.” Geordie wis sayed tae bei
hir airms fou o eldin fur the fyre;
ay, ae gey bit back frae the fyre, shei cuid
spit intil the hert o the fyre, throwe hir teeth; ithoot tak
on wi yasin elestic bands tae fyre paper darts it ilk
7 matches

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