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Use in varieties of Scots

owerby Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3 4 0 0 0 0 4.8
Number of occurrences108 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors5 3 1

Occurrences of owerby in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The white cloods gaither owerby, whaur fowk hae set thair ham on page 18

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
"Whit are ye dacin owerby?' he said tae the drouth, wha on page 44
ne look: ye see yon corn-rigs owerby? I dinna eat breid. Corn is n on page 69

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
r. The waatchers i the howff, owerby, nou twintie strang, stuid li
Owerby at the howff, the menyie satt
2 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
uddle Glen,’ said Snorl. ‘Owerby is oor capital, Muckle Boorac
aigelt string o sterrs. ‘An owerby is Heeligoleerie, oor wee’e
2 matches

Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Straucht or airtit owerby tha tither sex
1 matches

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