A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

buirit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.5 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences129 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors7 5 1 1

Occurrences of buirit in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
haim as they skirlt (Blessit, buirit, the banes) on page 38

3 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ly in his sleep. His body wis buirit at the fit o the orchart. on page 6

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
-usage an starvation. They're buirit there still, in the land o th on page 35

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
x heirarchies at play, an the buirit troves o siller jewellery fun
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
yned twa dochters tae illness buirit them wi explosives, sae’s o
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
t intae the mirk. The pellets buirit theirsels in the waa o the ba
fu in his sleep. His bouk wis buirit at the fit o the orchart.
2 matches

Doric

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
fae the very spot Fleeman is buirit, wis the chiel’s name even
place far Widney’s fuil wis buirit, an his stane that wis erecti
2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
€™s o Deanburnhaugh, hev been buirit i the direck lyne atween the
1 matches

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