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The word 'nerra'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nerraOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23417
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 3
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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) 62.8 2 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 90.8 5 1

Occurrences of nerra in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
I've been stappit intae nerra holes on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"Gyang in throw e nerra yett. E yett tae crockaneetio on page 15

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tither. Meg sleepit up in the nerra attic room at Steenhillock, n
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
cam wi the upper limbs o men, nerra airms that powkit aneth their
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
e tap o a heich waa: siccan a nerra een at Ailice wes fair blecki on page 76
raitur. "Aat waa's affa, affa nerra!"' on page 78

2 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ae a straucht line across her nerra een. Her mooth draws thegithe on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The nerra passage ti the cave Reeks lik on page 16
an fewer, e'en alang aa thae nerra vennels. Whit for did they no on page 70
streets that got mair an mair nerra. No entirely unlike my route on page 73

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Throu a nerra slit. She'll no cuid see, nor on page 19

1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
in ma mind. I can remember a nerra ferm road wi sheughs on eithe
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Owre a baur-room's nerra eternity. on page 49
Atween the nerra wa's o his lanely cell. on page 56
aye it's vyce rings doun each nerra wynd, on page 86

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
knawn ti hae smeddum an no be nerra-nebbit in onie wey. The Gener
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Whew, that wis a nerra escape!" said Alison, gey fri on page 19
China: this fireplace is gey nerra, for shuir: but I think I ean on page 37

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
abune Ponesk Glen lay a lang, nerra, sunken, stane-lined chaumer, on page 28
l separatit by nae mair nor a nerra strip o moss. on page 37

2 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
tends tae be hained in tae a nerra compass o domains aften tae d on page 12

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
, shops an inns, atween which nerra closes led tae the back lands
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
then thrangt an harlit inside nerra nets or on page 31

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"That wus a nerra escape!" said Alice, brev an on page 20
ne: this fireplace is pooerfu nerra, richt enuch; but A think A c on page 38

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Ower the stick brig, booin nerra on page 6

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
mile. Tha road gets quare an nerra an thair's nae room ta@ get b on page 27

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Alang tha strecht an nerra pad, Jist fur his ain name' s on page 68

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Tha nerra gate on page 8
Tha nerra dure on page 94

5 matches

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