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The word 'weerin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
weerinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus20.96722
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 94.8 29 8
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 189.7 16 4
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 42.2 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of weerin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
e wid ken tae see ma a'm fair weerin on Roon aboot sixty - teeth, on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
, "Majic." Ma da, musta lyket weerin thi Captin's hat's cus thi on on page 7

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t blondie secretary o his wis weerin't. Fit's waar, it wis inside- on page 31
you, ye'd bi wastin yer time weerin designir claes in Maad - the on page 35
: polished broon; tapless; an weerin somethin that he mynd Joyce c on page 44
place. "Fit perfume's at ye'r weerin?" he speered. on page 56
an the claes she insistit oan weerin wid hiv bin better suitit t'a on page 79

7 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aa reed lipstick an nails an weerin a wee fur jaicket wi a maatch on page 27
n look an aa. Ah'm plannin on weerin a denim sark an ma cowboy hat on page 56
ike the 'Stilettos' lut aleen weerin them. Mam's sheen apairt fae on page 66
cted-lookin Tamara cam in aye weerin her ridin beets an jodhpurs a on page 75
oose. The last o the folk war weerin awa wi aa his warldly goods a on page 96

6 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ye gyang oot tae see? A chiel weerin his best rig-oot? Seerly, the on page 91
an e body mair nor fit ye're weerin. Think o e craas, they dinna on page 102

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n Feel Freddie wis comin ahin weerin a reed base-baa bonnet, a sui on page 8
sittin oan the edge o the bed weerin er..." on page 9
"An Ah hope ye'r nae intennin weerin em." on page 38

3 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
treet, black as nicht ey wis, weerin scarce ti nothin, singin, lou
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he noticed een o the Jerries weerin een. An idea came tae him and
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e war and she mind the pilots weerin them. There wiz a tear on the
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wenty, standing aside a chair weerin aal fashioned clyse wi a cane
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Foo wis ah tae ken she wisnae weerin ae! https://t.co/AF9urX4wJz(2018)
hame fur aabody? Are ye still weerin yer office claes or noo in ye(2020)
tham inta their mooie whilst weerin a face mask?(2020)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
a the nicht. I'll be tunin in weerin ma awa sark and listnin till (2020)
@air_ingy I'm weerin ma Art Monk shirt. Mon the 's(2021)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ket, an Rabbie Burns' statcha weerin a bunnet o snaa. Ay, gin Ah w on page 29

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
owpt straicht on board, stull weerin his meenisters claes, an gien on page 98
"Bit you'r weerin the meenisters claes an a dug on page 100

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
a bull wad hae been prood o, weerin a blae surtout ower aal farra on page 40
'Aat's a bra sark ye're weerin, loon,' he said ti a laddie b on page 43

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
burs meet; as merkat days are weerin late, an fowk begin ti tak th on page 57

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
an aa, bi the cleys they were weerin, that they werena lads o the on page 38

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
A sweer he wis weerin his gweed Sabbath shoot. on page 35

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
a fool, aal kwite an caip an weerin a pair o aal-farrant glesses. on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
chortled Wittgenstein. "Ye're weerin green!" on page 90

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
t wis his Sunday clyse he wis weerin, an he wis a gas fitter ti tr on page 72

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
wis in the hoose he wis jist weerin a semmit, nae a sark, an an a
n fit wye on days fan she was weerin a byordnar bonnie ribbon in h
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
, I came intae the livin room weerin a green t-shirt and she telt
1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
is stannin ahint the coonter, weerin a stripped peeny, weighin up on page 124

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
was weerin on an oo haed a hauf mile tae
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
s ta ma bedchaumer. Baith wir weerin green claithes an haid
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
. She looks too bonnie tae be weerin the staff uniform for the Adv
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
um04 @AbdnArchives Fit are ye weerin the day?(2020)
Racing the day a weerin matching shell suits https://(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ed aff. Ootside, a skinny lad weerin heidphones shoved a wee wheel on page 1

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Post-Its, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
Still weerin the ring.
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
t her perfume, an she stopped weerin it, like that. The office sme
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
in it jist fan the hirplin is weerin aff. Oor neebor's dother wis (2020)
Tattie holidays weerin awa in Dundee awriddy. https:(2020)

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
bag ower his shooder an still weerin hes uniform an boots an here on page 76

2 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Ir ye aw weerin ye'r sauftie windaes?' speirt on page 22

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
z haein juist turnt nine, yit weerin knee-breeks, wi wee cuitie bl on page 59

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
las, no much mair than boayes weerin ferm claes they'd got fae fol on page 47

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
oon, pittin inby dods o stane weerin faces weel fed bi the yins wi on page 77

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
hat he wis weerin on page 53

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
heen o’ months later, efter weerin doon his ma an da wi gurnin a
1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
forrit in tha apen discoorse weerin til tha wye this Roadin wull on page 2
¨r-Scotch cultùral hannlins, weerin til 13 on page 8
is Roadin's mints an ettlins. Weerin til throchin tha 20an13 Oncum on page 58

3 matches

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