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The word 'ris'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
risOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.25411
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 197 6 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 436.1 24 1

Occurrences of ris in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
preid his snaa-fite wings and ris up ower the loch tae flee wi on page 27

1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
“Whit's fur ma dinner ris year?”
xmas 'hing tae be tasteless, ris year it turn't oot tae be dou
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
tae wey gote ri phone in, “ris'll bey ri thurd tum a'v been
“See, Toamy. Ris is whit wey sen' 'um tae ri s
2 matches

General Central

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
't an liftit his paw. The baw ris.
he wouf seemt tae growe as it ris, wi its chaft gampin. The muc
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
the ither screwed Ris een and sat. on page 7

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
ee noo! Wus A the same whin A ris this moarninf A think A can m on page 19
At this the hale pack ris up intae the air, an come fly on page 123

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
An the fowk aa ris oot o their beds
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Twit twos an whussles ris frae the sheddaes. "Come on o on page 2
ot ye, ye know." Hir heid was ris tae the forbodin sky. "They t on page 7
g as I live," said Sally. She ris yin han an proclaimed, "Git d on page 21
A whussle ris lik hir faither's voice an Sa on page 32
The wind ris again an Sally immersed herse on page 33
Also on pages 46
6 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
mïnit Jesus wus baptised, he ris up oot o tha wattèr, an jist on page 3
ha rain cum doon, tha wattèr ris, an tha wuns got up an hut ag on page 8
me," he toul hïm, an Mattha ris up an follaed hïm. on page 9
ose wus wile ang'rie. An the' ris up, an the' driv hïm oot o t on page 76
Levi ris up, left aa behin hïm, an fo on page 78
Also on pages 81, 83, 84, 85, 94, 96, 100, 111, 112
24 matches

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