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The word 'steirin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
steirinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.4189
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 106.8 10 2
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
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 steirin 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.

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
s up there wi the performers, steirin thaim ti the utmaist tang o h on page 75

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
, that the'r naethin wrang wi steirin aa the dialecks o Scots intil on page 120

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
the immediate adoption o mair steirin remeids-" on page 25
his grey locks, "LT kep mysel steirin an souple on page 44

4 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hair, fidgin wi her shawl, an steirin the parritch pat; as content on page 25
ung bairns James an John, nou steirin laddies o ten an eleiven - I on page 65
hastise, cuddle an tend fower steirin laddies tinnin ramstam everyw on page 73
s why we were blessed wi five steirin bairns tae luik efter us in o on page 75

4 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
rallel lines in the thrang an steirin minin veillage o Bowhill in t on page 23

2 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
feet. Aw aboot, the camp wis steirin: sum men were brakkin their f on page 54

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Skraik of Valkyries Steirin Vikings hame. Daith his nae d on page 14

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
aeweys can I gar ye stap your steirin! on page 45

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
an gar aathing turn again is steirin thairsels eenou, an we hae a
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ippens whan Glasgow Unity wis steirin up the social conscience o th
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
Ne’er a craituir wes steirin, na, no a wee mous.
1 matches

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