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The word 'sorra'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sorraOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.93511
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 265 3 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 254.4 14 1

Occurrences of sorra in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
answert him, "Weel, weel, fit sorra ither. Iss wye, we'll dee aa on page 9
God att fowk will rejeck. An sorra, lik a swoord, will brakk yer on page 83
a sleepin, worn deen wi their sorra. An he says till them, "Fit w on page 117

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e foreign flooers. An fit the sorra wye wad foreign flooers thole
n-bodie's needs . . . fit the sorra else did he play at wi the li
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ined as au auld towe. Fit the sorra wye
“Fit the sorra possessed them tae bigg a tin
, the bussie arrived. Fit the sorra WIS he gaun tae gie
3 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
syne at sorra tale wis sung on page 84

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
at hiz freins be hained frae sorra an duill. Thusgates he
him o hiz sorra. Grefe nou ower-whummilt him
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
r merterin i the weir, an the sorra o tynin hiz ain faimlie hed p on page 6

1 matches

General Central

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
ow path the god o errants, wi sorra in his een, turnt roon wioot on page 55

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
judgement, A'll droun ma ain sorra on page 13

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a sweir stramash o joy an sorra on page 44

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
id, that: hae hasnae got onie sorra, yae know. Come on!" on page 94

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Sorra part oh gret'r needin', on page 15
Yince mair thut stain oo sorra heavin. on page 30
Sorra draps ma heid wi pain on page 36

3 matches

General Ulster

Millar, Al Poortith Bono owersettin, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
Throu sorra an afeart
Ulster an Irelan’s sorra an pane
2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
, acause the' didnae repent. "Sorra tae Chorazim, an sorra tae Be on page 9
tha apen, an as for you Mary, sorra as shairp as a sword wull sta on page 73
ha same tae tha proafits. But sorra on youse weel-aff fowk, for y on page 79
Sorra tae Chorazim, an sorra tae Bethsaida, for ïf tha fo on page 87
but he bate hïs breesht ïn sorra, an sayed, 'O God, hae mercie on page 100
Also on pages 107, 110
14 matches

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