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The word 'bere'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bereOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91312
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 5
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 bere in Corpus

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
paid in bere tae mak bannocks and ale. on page 9

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
rdhoose Mill - hid's grindan bere each day. on page 37

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bere fields on page 79
Bere fields on page 94

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The bere whispers tae the tappan rain on page 118

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
day family gathering wae tea, bere bunno, fancies. Hid wis very (2020) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
yn Holm, Selkie Gyo; gied dem bere an kale
1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
f a skekler costume made from bere ...(2020)

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
the bere spring forth on page 32

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
it wis awthing fae "a bricht bere meadow" til "a field o' stane on page 58

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"You and me will bide richt bere for the duration. That means on page 141

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The aits frae bere, kent stirk frae stot, on page 18

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
dane, as King Oenghus is telt bere bi a wyce man. on page 75

1 matches

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