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Use in varieties of Scots

neir Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 5.7 0 0 0 0 57.5
Number of occurrences2411 0 0 0 0 13
Number of authors4 3 1

Occurrences of neir in Corpus

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Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
I could sense him neir, I could feel him around, on page 123

2 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
n, gespan for gulps o braith, neir cawin his ain feet fae himsel on page 17
chtie, wondering een. The sun neir shone through the thin, worn, on page 18

2 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
yte beild that ill-end wes as neir on page 87

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
bawled out the class it very neir taen her heid aff, amplified on page 37

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
tiouns clauchit hir ! Hir ain neir kin wes aw furth o Embro ir
The bauld twasum wes neir ti a boxin match i the gairde
it neir the border, than pittin the t
The Rid Douglas wes neir smoured wi gratiteid an hed m
ley at the Tron we cuidna wun neir it fur the currieboram, an A
5 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
rlan micht fund thirty curns, neir aa o' thaim through the on page 38
' pictur hits nae surprise at neir aa Ulster-Scots culture daein on page 39
sources at the USCN hes isnae neir eneuch fer on page 41
sey isnae unique, 'deed hit's neir the saime wi' spoart. Neir aa on page 48
tor Centre in Islan'Magee bes neir finished. on page 51
Also on pages 58, 60, 63, 64, 65, 672
13 matches

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