A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

beild Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.2 17.5 0 0 0 87.5 0
Number of occurrences4133 0 0 0 8 0
Number of authors12 9 3

Occurrences of beild in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
uirkirk; an led thaim tae the beild o the kirk, whaur they socht on page 26
had a quick caa tae the warm beild o Heaven the lovin airms o th on page 27
an his freens, it wis a snug beild, an a secret bolt-hole for hi on page 28
doun aff this hill intae the beild whaur Dll hae mair comfort in on page 46
ay, Bess fele mast safe m the beild o her ain wee cothous, wi Ada on page 55
Also on pages 56, 59
8 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
h nir the note o wunnin til a beild afoir the glomin, an the mens on page 1

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
"Ein a nit-trie wul can be a beild in a storme," he sayed. on page 4

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
even domed wi a wee ruif tae beild the fledglin bairns. The ferm on page 18

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
rade, made skelfs o sprittelt beild, on page 87

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
whase daith brocht us tae yer beild. on page 97

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - In Liverpool Cathedral, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Tae bigg this muckle beild. on page 103

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
optin the sindry meisures tae beild an promote that is providit
tae beild its uiss in sindry settins. C
ned tae encourage the leid an beild its
idation in schuils sae as tae beild the leid an promote mair unne
eds faur mair tae be done tae beild the leid.
6 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
on fowk, an afoir Mirren cuid beild the
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ae get muvin, fin or mak some beild afore nichtfaa. There wis a p
s torn atween the promise o a beild for the nicht an the spendin
oups. They reassemblet in the beild o a howe at nuin an ett an re
She sut on a stane in the beild o the bank, watchin the watte
ice follaed Derriakin tae the beild o a pile o boulders. They bai
5 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
tae gie thaim that gied them beild, a paikin. In his letter Kirk
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
Awbody hes the richt tae the beild o the law conter sic
ciety and is entitelt tae the beild
social beild.
tae jyne trade unions for the beild o his interests.
hal enjoy the samelike social beild.
5 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
is her hinnmaist beild on page 151
fir beild agin sic ruchsome weather. on page 153

2 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
"Sit doun here i the beild o this tree! on page 36

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Birks an sauchs beild the back gairden.
In the beild o the birkenshaw
a beild anaith a sauchie bank.
garrin me breinge for beild:
4 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
tert o the 1939/45 War, is ae beild frae the air-raids owre Glesc
1 matches

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