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Use in varieties of Scots

niwer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.6 3.5 3 178.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences287 2 18 1 0 0
Number of authors8 2 2 3 1

Occurrences of niwer in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ey've got in their haunds but niwer lookin' up wance tae see the on page

6 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Yu’v niwer lived tae yu’v stide oan yi
1 matches

Doric

McBeath, Lorraine Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Quine at School, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Fit's her name? She niwer spiks. on page 54

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
roon the hoose. Bit Davie hid niwer bin ane fir romunce: nae fir on page 29

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Oh - thee teacher niwer telt thee that. on page 5
hat sends thee Valentines his niwer yit been born. on page 9
fleg you. Hid cheust goes and niwer stops. on page 10
Sheu niwer left her precious clutch exce on page 12
You niwer haard such language as cam oo on page 14
Also on pages 35, 38, 39, 46, 59, 61, 77, 81
15 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
me uncle silent as he niwer wis, long since deid. on page 26

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A time aal niwer forget on page 130

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
in ane a dis homs, fur he wid niwer a taen wi bein coopit up. Bit on page 3

1 matches

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