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Use in varieties of Scots

lairs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 2.6 4.5 9.9 0 51.7 0
Number of occurrences145 3 1 0 5 0
Number of authors10 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of lairs in Corpus

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Central

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
frae the lairs o libbards. on page 8

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
orkit ends, tho foggit ashlar lairs on page 32

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the stench o mewlin lairs tae reek oot. on page 112

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
lt at thai wes luikin fur the lairs o antecestors.
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
abrach kirk tae pit a few new lairs in their kirkyaird, when thei
1 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alastair Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Win, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
deid tae lie uneasy in their lairs on page 90

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
s o time. I'm booked in three lairs ben frae him, in the kirkyair on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
get ony peats cut. He hid twa lairs foo o
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ood aloof in thir weel tended lairs on page 26

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The auld lairs is ploued up intil riggs;
Tods lowp on the connacht lairs.
l the North an South ir fou o lairs
aisents til thair forbeir’s lairs.
But eftir sundoun, the lairs ir lowries’ dens
5 matches

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