A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

faist Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 0.5 43.7 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences301 29 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 1 7

Occurrences of faist in Corpus

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Central

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
n famine reigns whaur shud be faist.
1 matches

Doric

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
and hoo sleekit I cud be. As faist as possible, I pulled the bee on page 6

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ayt, thi tyde wid rein en ass faist eit offin thi bogie wid be fl on page 7
n heis, so he weis catchen up faist, "Fit we gan tae dee noo?" Ba on page 12
cause he popet doon abilow, A faist rescue boaty we twa ootboard on page 17
et. We wis runnen oot a room faist, Fin Aik roart ower "Will we on page 19
nor Wast an startet freshnin faist. Nor Wast wis nivver a gweed on page 46
Also on pages 49, 69
7 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Faist forrit, press oan play. on page 6
ydrate; the egg ane; yon slim-faist stuffie wi the poodered soup on page 16
Morrice's heid wis spinnin es faist es the flashin disco lichts. on page 45
The pains cam sair an faist, a stingin streetch o reed-he on page 67

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
The snaa drapt faist, hauf the warld wis hid. on page 6

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
It's faist enuch fir me. on page 24
." "Ah ken, Ah ken, bit ye're faist rinnin oota ideas, Ronnie. on page 50

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
, Steenie an his cronies were faist asleep, bit fan they waakent, on page 96

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
slow fin it eesed te flee se faist. on page 44

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Mair faist an faist an faist geed he on page 17

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
awa wi’t an drivin hame aat faist, A was rale nervish bein in t
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
n tae keep up wi her. Efter a faist five meenit walk, his mither
twa spikkers far abeen him in faist, fremmit English. Fin his mit
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Haud it faist an makk it staun,
. The snaa wis dingin on rale faist an saft noo, wi flakes the si
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
bin tae be gien a kidney sae faist efter his kidneys gaed tae sm
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
flew ower the tattiepark, as faist as his wings wad cairry him,
he door in Suzy’s snoot sae faist, she gey near snippit aff her
they birled roon an roon sae faist Kenny grew licht-heidit watch
3 matches

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