A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

brood Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 10.3 0 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2120 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors11 10 1

Occurrences of brood in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
at the same time. A happy wee brood ye's made. Even as the last o on page 77

1 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
is back intil his seemin deep brood, or, tae be mair exact, utter on page 134

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
the warld, cluckin awa wi her brood o bonny bairns like a mither on page 73

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
in his wee tune whan a bonnie brood mare sprang oot o a thicket, on page 14

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
g body, gave her blood to her brood and died from the third. on page 41

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ocht here tae provide fir his brood. on page 17
ately trying tae preserve his brood, on page 19
ocht here tae provide fir his brood, on page 22
n tae whilk he wid retour tae brood owre human foibles. In additi on page 101

5 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
makin shuir yer wee brood aye hae ample,
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
ocht here tae provide fir his brood.
ocht here tae provide fir his brood,
rately tryin tae preserve his brood,
ocht here tae provide fir his brood,
4 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Here at ma desk A sit an brood,
tae his mate an aw her hungry brood.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
away tae some bloody work-shy brood ay reprobates. Happenin aw oe
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
l's there fur? Gonnae take ma brood up tae Broughty Ferry soon! #(2016) search twitter

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
innae lea oot tha pownies, an brood meers wi foals in han. on page 20

1 matches

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