A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

birls Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 9.8 3 29.8 11.6 0 22.1
Number of occurrences3119 2 3 2 0 5
Number of authors18 12 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of birls in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
The sun birls oan on page 14
A pleisance birls alang ma hert: on page 78
as she birls on page 82

3 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
plate. The parabola o pottage birls. on page 67

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Nou the planet birls richt roond in ae meenit, an on page 52

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ng bit o wire, and the papper birls it roond and roond his or her on page 104

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
a peerie that birls. on page 30

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Pop Gaes the Idol, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
While life birls like a carousel on page 114

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Ceilidh, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
birls aboot, on page 115

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
wabbles back an forrit as it birls aboot the Sun an the hail gir
metallic bree that fleets an birls. An aneath this, at the hert
thing aboot this warld as it birls withershins aboot itsel ilka
tae gang-roond. As thir moons birls aboot thay pull at ane anithe
shiftin o the Milky Wey as it birls roond micht gie the necessar
5 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Sloth, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
his heid birls wi philosophical thochts
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
uv a speech impediment. Scots birls roon ma brain bit ah’m comp
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
A muckle wheel richt doucely birls
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Better Thigether, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
that birls his thairm flype
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
he stammygastert offisher, he birls him roon an roon the livin ro on page 82

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
they baith caa oot. The tree birls like a peerie an cowps the au
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Øyvind birls a pod in his lang on page 6
the chaenge." An the staetion birls. on page 99
Sheu braethes; hid swaalls an birls; ithe mids o the wheel sheu d on page 100

3 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
birls an wips dem, tips dem fae his on page 19

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
he birls a lass aff her feet, shaas he on page 69

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Warl ill divid whar war aye birls on page 5

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Inaboot ma heid it birls, on page 24
Wi oxster strang a crane birls roon on page 26
An birls it roond his wrist on page 32
As tha oul yirth birls an years skite, skelpin by on page 39

4 matches

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