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The word 'hird'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hirdOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.62810
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 17.3 13 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 hird in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
urt idders dey'll mak gear ta hird. Dey'll nivir be anidder onke on page 73

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Dar Oma A cam a hird fir Ye reengin fir oor tint g on page 3

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ur, bit up-wund fae oo, was a hird o ten tae a
Tak a leuk, Iain. It’s yon hird o gaits.”
2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Aye @NicolaSturgeon a've hird oan guid authority ye' intend(2015)

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
tt', gies us twa warks bi the Hird o Ettrick: 'Anecdotes of Sir on page 116

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ed ti tak up wark as a hummil hird again (ae stap up, in his viz on page 137
braw, sempil, releigious yung hird, ferr-seen i the scripturs, w on page 140

2 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Ere A wis endit we hird a braw soond
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
een, sae that ilk clachan cud hird its yaks ootower a wide area.
een, sae that ilk clachan cud hird its yaks ootower a wide area.
2 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
hegither, sae he tuik his ain hird o men an gingit norrads whaur on page 14

12 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
fere Jeemy Hogg, the Ettrick hird, an on the north shore is Dry on page 65

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Ave hird it telt we werenae thaur on page 37

1 matches

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