A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'lore'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
loreOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6129
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 lore in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
tch Book, a little-read gem o lore and language. As a result, we
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Weel read in ancient lore wis she,
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
s nott in sikkin oot fit this lore signifeed.
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South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
an wi a deep kennin o Celtic lore; Ali Frazer, aboot wham there on page 124

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
an wi a deep kennin o Celtic lore; Ali Frazer, aboot wham there
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
His name hid reets in Celtic lore, a legendary brave swordsman
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
enjoyin the saur o forbidden lore, an murmurt, “Wahidu irrubu
enjoyin the saur o forbidden lore, an murmurt, “Wahidu irrubu
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General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
t, man. Ah'm nae aifter pious lore, nor raivern blethers bit una on page 13

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o Canna. The sangs and ither lore she gaithert for her collecti on page 62

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wather myths, the Tarot, the lore o the Fow Muin, wi a poke o c on page 91

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
provides additional wildlife lore informin the reader that ‘T
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