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The word 'beirs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
beirsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3116
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of beirs in Corpus

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General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
44 Der Oma leuk ar oor ftore>beirs bDilecsx 2am Gre photes o arm on page 3

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Dis-the een-at beirs the gree-get the croun?" she on page 95

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
er frae Dunbar Gremmar Schuil beirs the gree for the 2002 Seconda
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Itchy Coo Beirs The Gree Agane
s, Geordie's Mingin Medicine, beirs the gree an haes taen the num
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
tae his ain close faimly. He beirs the gree o sindry poetry comp
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
sperity o a nation an naethin beirs the gree better nor a side th
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Campie Schuil Beirs the Gree
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
be luikin at hou ordnar fowk beirs the grie ower the toffs, but on page 9

1 matches

General Central

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
S. Law shaws us, its language beirs the mint-merks o poetic brill on page 4

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
at onie communitie haes. This beirs ill for the leid gin it's eve on page 121

1 matches

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