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Use in varieties of Scots

mester Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 0 0 0 69.7 0 22.1
Number of occurrences170 0 0 12 0 5
Number of authors5 2 3

Occurrences of mester in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
gengs - Bill, come here! Da mester says du's ta geng doon da lum on page 38
guid ta da schöl ida sea. Da mester wis an aald Turtle - we öse on page 95
raphy: dan Draalin-da Draalin mester wis an aald conger-eel at ös on page 98

4 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
'Mester', said Peter. 'Wir been fishi on page 87
s better at spaekin as doin. 'Mester', he said, 'du's a faersom bo on page 105
m in by in an aafil styooch. 'Mester, dus du no care dat my sister on page 117
ey cam. An da man said ta his mester, 'Da fock ir aa here bit der' on page 120
Judas Betrays his Mester on page 145
Also on pages 151, 155
8 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Mester Daivit half up't sticks, on page 27

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
: thin Drawlin - the Drawlin-mester wus an oul conger-eel, that u on page 96

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
O' the mester o' an age owl trade; on page 9
Au' show them thir mester is Man!" on page 17
Tae them hae wiz the mester - at them he'd nivir sneer, on page 43

3 matches

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