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Use in varieties of Scots

acres Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 9.1 6 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2418 4 1 1 0 0
Number of authors11 6 3 1 1

Occurrences of acres in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Nae acres o laun on page 47

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ither's afore him - a hunner acres o puir hill gress an bleak pe on page 25
roprietor o twinty-sax Scotch acres o fair meedow an pasture land on page 48
Sorn road, that had faur mair acres o puir hill grun than guid ar on page 50
muckle hill ferm, wi a wheen acres o guid arable alang the Green on page 78
stit in takin on a wheen mair acres o guid arable grun. For he'd on page 79

10 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
if ye hae hunner or a thoosan acres unner the pleuch? on page 106

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
sionary Society a few thoosan acres o grund in Circassia tae ster on page 11

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
tter level an won a wheen new acres o guid fertile grun. Flood ba on page 17

1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
pecies tae breinge ower their acres o heather and birks. Even in
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e subterranean Sarasvati, twa acres wis lost some ither whaur.
e subterranean Sarasvati, twa acres wis lost some ither whaur.
glacial col, only aboot twal acres in extent, whaur they fund th
3 matches

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
r and hae a guid idea fu mony acres wis in a park - it wis jist on page 124

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
fae millions o acres on page 19

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
The acres wide a’ ben Donside
t there’s nae wealth in wir acres
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
h wis a gentleman fairmer, wi acres o grund tae his name, on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ainst my laand. Aa forty tree acres a dis amazinly beautiful hill on page 94

1 matches

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