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The word 'leir'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
leirOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.2208
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 50.2 8 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 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 leir in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
t frae buiks. A ken aw luve's leir frae Leddie Venus, A've seen on page 46

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e that nicht, sae Mirren cuid leir o the naitur o the
the ledder, the popular maun leir ti leive frae thair ain poke.
kuils an uiniversities troked leir wi aw the
. It wuidna be deiffekwalt ti leir the nems
4 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ir fou o insicht an byordnar leir, (e’en tho it’s claer ti
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
tioun. An that wes aw we cuid leir o wir gast. on page 4

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ither moneth, an than ye maun leir me aw the nyow danssis." on page 2

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
t maisson tae thon eyl fur ti leir whitwey ti kerve ruids. Thusg on page 43
e leirit the craift ye cam ti leir. Now ye'l can gang hamelins w on page 45
eleigioun wes steidit on buik leir. (Afoir the Drewits the auld on page 47

6 matches

Ayrshire

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
urlin aroon threids o siclike leir,
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
the shinin sheaf wi a coorse leir, draps it oan the flair, an h on page 14

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
a that we hae o the warld' s leir. on page 43

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
dae? Hou had lairned them sic leir? on page 18

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
o the Scotsoun mosaic is the leir. SCOTSLEIR wul hae soun, sich on page 46

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah gethert leir lik a snaw baw.
1 matches

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