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Use in varieties of Scots

yerd Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 1.5 0 19.9 11.6 0 13.3
Number of occurrences103 0 2 2 0 3
Number of authors8 2 2 1 3

Occurrences of yerd in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
used clamour ae the busy ferm-yerd-while the lowin ae the cattle on page 123

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
rs, a swine squeals atour the yerd trotters clicking on corbled on page 59

2 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wae your antics as king o the yerd on page 144

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A yerd filled wae tapered scroos, ha on page 95

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
He nippit trowe yerd-daeks fur a bit o juicy rhuba on page 18

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Dad skoomed wis fae da yerd on page 26

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
used clamour o the busy fairm-yerd whiles the lowin o the kye in on page 125

1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
sroom an Ullans in tha schuil yerd ? Tha media as weel hae a pai
1 matches

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
n tha breedman arrived in tha yerd an shae rin oot ...shae cum b
1 matches

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