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The word 'reared'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rearedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62214
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 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 131.3 4 1
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of reared in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
Warden, 4 chicks fae Norway, reared to flying and then released(2020)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ted across the road, an Daisy reared, haivin Minnie affo his back.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Jenny war mair draggit up nur reared – bit there wis nivver ony
ss. He'd bin an adopted wean, reared in Glesga bi a douce professi
2 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ae the ship wan o the cuddies reared its heid and screamed a lood on page 36

1 matches

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
pot. Doris had reared a braw faimly on her mitherâ€
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
stock car racing has finally reared its head - tut tut lol (2020) twitter link

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
cry that rent his hert as she reared up an cowpt her mount at the on page 37
nd. Abune him the great beast reared an lasheg vot wi its hooves. on page 38

2 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
peakers, as somebody that wis reared up in the Wastland, A never h on page 48
eld o' stanes". For a younker reared up speakin North East Scots, on page 58

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
t them, "it says ye ve tae be reared in whitever wey is easiest fo on page 15

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
hae kent onywye cause he was reared in Scotland. An ma Grannie wi on page 120

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e airth that has borne him an reared him, on page 43

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e say naebodie in Scotland is reared wi Scots. Whan askit fae whit on page 121

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Progressive weans, on siller reared, on page 27

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Esther's a cousin o mine. Reared bae ma ma's oul aunt Libby." on page 9
...He wants wee Hughie tae be reared wi us." on page 26
ir shouler. "We might hae bin reared wi haird hans, but we onlie i on page 35

4 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
An they reared the most beautiful wee yella
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
ae like thon ornyment if ye'd reared him! (2016) twitter link

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