birl | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
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Total Corpus | 30.1 | 98 | 52 |
ORK - Orkney | 79.5 | 8 | 5 |
SHD - Shetland | 29.1 | 5 | 2 |
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 29.4 | 9 | 4 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 10.9 | 1 | 1 |
DOR - General Northern | 17.7 | 4 | 3 |
NEC - North East Central | 46.4 | 1 | 1 |
SEC - (South) East Central | 25.4 | 10 | 7 |
WCE - West Central | 18.4 | 4 | 3 |
DUN - Dundee | 10.6 | 1 | 1 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 6.3 | 1 | 1 |
GLA - Glasgow | 4.6 | 1 | 1 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 13.1 | 1 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 27.9 | 21 | 14 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 25 | 2 | 2 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 180.8 | 13 | 5 |
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | |||
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | 176.7 | 2 | 1 |
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | 102.5 | 2 | 1 |
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
GUL - General Ulster | 154.6 | 11 | 3 |
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Grieve, Issy Gallows Ha - Birlan wae the wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Then birl roond fur aite and then back on page 32
1 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
more. An than: "Astrid?" Thay birl, touchan yet, but Astrid step on page 62
1 matches
Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
and in tae buy the paper, I birl oan me heels, tak flight. on page 17
1 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I birl thrice aroond an wave at the on page 152
1 matches
Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wur world birl on page 158
1 matches
Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Then birl roond fur aite and then back on page 153
1 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
Thay birl, touchan yet, but Astrid
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
say 'dance!', say 'birl!', say 'celebrate!' Foo saft on page 21
aist likely faered. Wir wirds birl on page 26
2 matches
Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
er tree took hit in turns tae birl wi
d a hooch den yockit me for a birl. Whit we danced.
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
watchin their eedols strut an birl on the stage, blarin on aboot
an, far, far oot in its mids. Birl tree, birl, they baith caa oo
tree, birl, they baith caa oot. The tree
3 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s wheel a pat that gart Birly birl fur pleasure, as thegither th
an Skirly an Mooch began tae birl like twa peeries.
2 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
uncy recycle scaffie can I birl these in it? http://t.co/SBXV(2014)
@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
CKIE copper sulphate poother, birl it roon wi a gless rod, then (2020) twitter link
McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
immedantlie birl't roun an steed for a filie g on page 98
1 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
cuid feel ma heid stertin tae birl sae afore a taen the mirligoe
1 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
stertit ta birl roond an roond. The ruif gied
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
munebeams, whaur bats tove an birl on page 58
1 matches
Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Grey Feather, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
hieven-wairds ye birl on page 7
1 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
s the t'ither faur aff, he'll birl round and gan anither wey. Th on page 136
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
re yet in sicht and a quicker birl round the tounward edge o the
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Jist pick me up and birl me back.
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
intae hyper-birl."
r owersettin spin intae hyper-birl an for chyngin, whit micht hi
2 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
t tae gie the story the kinna birl that suited thair ain ettles.
1 matches
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ulusManiac @stuurq jist a wee birl thru lol - its the luck o th (2020) twitter link
Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
The caurs birl roon aboot, the horse hae gan on page 144
1 matches
Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
sounds o the wirds, how they birl on yir tung that wee bit unco
1 matches
Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
thochts an myndins begoud ti birl in her heid, an it wisna lang on page 14
1 matches
Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
is sicht wid run aheid o him, birl roun, come back and, time and on page 55
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ILL MAK THE GRUMPHIE BOAK AND BIRL. on page 30
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
birl roun an bicker, tiggin on page 41
muinbeams, whaur bats tove an birl on page 74
2 matches
McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
He'll blaa, an birl ye lik a tap! on page 50
1 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
'd had a day tae mak yer heid birl, on page 123
1 matches
Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
A'll birl ma ring o jade, see, intil th on page 19
A'll birl ma ring o jade, see, intil th on page 21
2 matches
Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Jist pick me up and birl me back. on page 62
1 matches
Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
anguage Society - tae gar it birl haes resultit only in the dra on page 56
1 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
the Sun an taks 24 houres tae birl aboot itsel. At the hert o oo
nds blaws contergaits tae the birl o Uranus while aw thaim that
moons that we ken o, an thay birl roond five gey thin rings or
that gaes contergaits tae the birl o its host planet. Triton lik
4 matches
Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
icht o the sark and begun tae birl roond and roond
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
d tae dance – wid stert tae birl roond: slaw at first, then fa
1 matches
Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ere whae are redd tae help ye birl onie o yer English intae Scot
1 matches
Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
birl ower the gress in the Wastlin
1 matches
Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
an last birl the hoop. on page 133
1 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
A speedie birl tae the present, via wee Jim on page 67
1 matches
Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Dinnae birl about sae cantily, nor lauch
1 matches
@StuartPoet tweeted
ds Ah grew up yaisin a lot. A birl is a braw thing. A wird we ya(2020)
@CarolineBirdUK A birl (2021) twitter link