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The word 'leerie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
leerieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9236
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
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
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 25 19 4
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 leerie in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the street aside it, that the leerie man waukit roon an lichtit fi
Leerie leerie licht the lamps
2 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
t jist for a street-lamp an a leerie tae licht it. The wee prince on page 49
tae the planet he greetit the leerie wi respeck. on page 50
'It isna queer ava!' said the leerie. "Whiles we've been bletherin on page 52
Ainly the leerie wi the ae lamp at the Nor Pol on page 58

13 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
me a piece an croudie. Ah wis leerie noo o Skaldie an his contrair on page 14

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Thi Leerie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Thi Leerie on page 93

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
id ye think Ane, twa, three a-leerie hed somethin adae wi Leerie, on page 129

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
hoo lang will the leerie licht last on page 9

1 matches

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