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The word 'sterns'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sternsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12711
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 31 7 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 sterns in Corpus

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General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
the lift wis fou o faw'n sterns... on page 1
A ken sterns'r born anely tae dee we glisk on page 3

7 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
las wared the nicht unner the sterns.
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
The sterns shane bricht on this muinless
cktion o the lift, ableize wi sterns ower
Fallin sterns begoud ti kythe, tane efter t
rhythm o the fallin sterns, kythin an burnin up. "A wush
on nou. An onding o fallin sterns wes nou cumin doun ontil thai
6 matches

Edinburgh

Purves, Jamie Lallans 102 - Aince, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
, whul the licht o the spring sterns smoudert in his een! The mich on page 12

1 matches

General Central

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
, a yammer-heivin wi distorit sterns - on page 55

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
amang the sterns; am I dwaumin? The baurs on page 37

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Sterns fade intil the mirk ootgleeti on page 41
Birled tapsalteerie ower the sterns on page 73

3 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Sloth, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
whiles gowkin at sterns in the lift.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Aw the sterns hing ower on page 37

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah gae an goave at the ootlin sterns,
oave at the thousans o outlin sterns
Juist the seivin or echt sterns
3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Way up on the hill here the sterns fir ma freens, The drink maks on page 44

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Northwords Now 43 - Donald Adamson, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Central, poetry
by the licht o sterns created on page 28

1 matches

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