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The word 'moarn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
moarnOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62211
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 63.9 11 5
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 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
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) 142.8 4 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 98.5 3 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of moarn in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
re," da Flunkey said, "for da moarn - " on page 58

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Du haes ta wait till da moarn whin Santie Claas Is been, fu on page 29
- will du come oot wi me da moarn's night?" on page 40
years ago fur a few munts. Da moarn is wir tenth weddin anniversa on page 41
me ower in time fur dennir da moarn? I aye aks Lowrie Tamason fur on page 50
anage athoot da paper till da moarn. We're heard aa da news ipo R on page 52

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
horro. Dey'll be paes-eggs da moarn. on page 70

2 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
Ah'll see dee at da track da moarn at seeven, bit dunna lippen a
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
'll hae tae feenish it aff da moarn. Me room looks lik a bomb sit(2021)
d at it's Inauguration Day da moarn so dis een goes oot tae the o(2021)

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
' The moarn.' on page 27

2 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Then in the moarn we congregate
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Ae Fair Day moarn, Frank hitcht tha trep an set on page 3
ha freens an neebours cam tae moarn, an gie thair simpathie on page 6

2 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
hings, lake cum dailygan, tha moarn’s moarn, sennicht, or axin
’s moarn, sennicht, or axin fowk if th
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Novemmer moarn on page 10
Yin Sabbath moarn, it fun her greetin. on page 28
O themorra's moarn. on page 53

3 matches

General Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
e'; Philip Robinson 'Novemmer Moarn';Charlie Reynolds. 'Mae Mithe(2015)