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Use in varieties of Scots

sein Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.5 32.4 1.5 0 0 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences6963 1 0 0 4 1
Number of authors6 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of sein in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
r faither out the ruim. A hae sein'm thrawin hiz hauns eftir sic on page 6

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
verra tentles traiveller wuid sein mishanter brewin. That fantou on page 6

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
stoupit transs whaur cuid be sein the gliff o the lichts frae t on page 2
The quyne sein hiz suddent dwam. on page 3

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
uphauddit the crannog cuid be sein santin doun inti the gowden p on page 41
hai strak the face o't Barbar sein thai hed furmed a corss. The on page 42
ai wun ti Colum's Eyl he sune sein at the wes a mukkil differ at on page 43
it ti brust wi raptur. Barbar sein the puir Quene wes geyan trib on page 46

7 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
on a hie pynt o the rodd shae sein the lenth o't liggin afoir hi on page 1
ht hir buiks, tho Tittie wuid sein it as a blissin gif thai hedn on page 6
on a hie pynt o the rodd shae sein the lenth o't liggin afoir hi on page 8

4 matches

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
A hantil movies we hae sein on Blue-ray DVD
s warld ti se a mukkil hae we sein
The things we’v sein on our TV we’v haed this wh
ti se the things that we hae sein.
4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
ir. Nivver in hiz lyfe hed he sein a wattir afoir – this sleke
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
hiz heid, bot lik Ballantyne, sein the warl throu Inglish glessi
emik failyie, or mebbies shae sein a lak o soshwal skeill at wui
ntised as a sklater, an tho A sein’m sklimmin about on gabbard
gey skeich whan thai sein the Lowdens syde an wyde ablo
afoir bein mairched awaw, bot sein
40 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
nd eightein Days thairof, wer sein in the Firmament Battels arra
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
fur chicken curry an rice, an sein
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ahlice thocht she hed ne'er sein sic a curious croquet-gruund on page 81
he could get awa withoot bein sein, when she noticed a curious a on page 82
, an said tae Ahlice, "Hae ee sein th Mock Turtle yet?" on page 91

4 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An noo we cum tae sixtie-sein, on page 27

1 matches

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