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The word 'feres'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
feresOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.3547
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 167.4 27 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 30.2 23 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 feres in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
t settin efter baisties? tint feres? bi'ts cantraips naitherback on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
I say til ye the day, ma feres,
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ert. Some wirds feel like old feres. Scots yins mair than maist.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
‘My feres, ye will hae heard aaready ab
ay first. I dinna ’hink, my feres, that I s’ be wi ye for mon
‘Nou, my feres, what is the naitur o this li
hem ’at bides on it? Na, my feres, a thoosand times na! The gru
us by human beins. There, my feres, is the answer tae aa oor pro
27 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
yer feres: on page 104

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
'Ma feres, ye hae awready heard aboot t on page 6

19 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Ma feres are the binks, the kiosks on page 5
Uncarin if they house-feres hae or nane. on page 32
Tho she outleeved her feres tae slauchter led on page 34

3 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
unset lyke the pairtin o auld feres
1 matches

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