A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bere Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 2.6 0 59.6 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences135 0 6 2 0 0
Number of authors12 5 5 2

Occurrences of bere 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

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
the bere spring forth on page 32

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
it wis awthing fae "a bricht bere meadow" til "a field o' stane on page 58

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"You and me will bide richt bere for the duration. That means on page 141

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The aits frae bere, kent stirk frae stot, on page 18

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
dane, as King Oenghus is telt bere bi a wyce man. on page 75

1 matches

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
paid in bere tae mak bannocks and ale. on page 9

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
rdhoose Mill - hid's grindan bere each day. on page 37

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bere fields on page 79
Bere fields on page 94

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The bere whispers tae the tappan rain on page 118

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
day family gathering wae tea, bere bunno, fancies. Hid wis very (2020) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
yn Holm, Selkie Gyo; gied dem bere an kale
1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
f a skekler costume made from bere ...(2020) search twitter

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