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The word 'steirt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
steirtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.481
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 74.7 7 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 steirt in Corpus

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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
This speech steirt up a richt ecarfuffle amang t on page 31
t the tap o her vyee. Naebody steirt. on page 44

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
nicht o aa nichts?' Wee Janet steirt ablow her sheepskins at the s on page 29
on grumphies ower at Sorn hae steirt frae their styes an delved th on page 30
m-stam tummle in the heather, steirt Adam an pit a spring in his s on page 50
wis as if, at last, somethin steirt deep in her hert an tellt her on page 66
When Jennet steirt an raise early that mornin, s on page 76

5 matches

General Central

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
As she steirt the parritch, young Christian on page 17

1 matches

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