A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

haands Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.5 0 0 59.6 226.7 0 0
Number of occurrences450 0 6 39 0 0
Number of authors8 1 7

Occurrences of haands in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
stuggie body, her snackie haands is deep on page 9
ide blue een bright, skrankie haands puskan. "When you look at it on page 43
rns, an aalwarld things. Thir haands sweeng closs, touch, twine, p on page 62
o the center. Hid spaeks; her haands grip, ungrip, grip. Wi mornee on page 101
canno see. Sheu's pittan her haands tae the black waas: no clift on page 134
Also on pages 147
6 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
peerie-'" an shö crossed her haands in her skurt as if shö wis s on page 19
dis, shö lookit doon at her haands, an wis taen aback ta see at on page 20
is glivs-dat is, if I can lay haands apo dem." As shö said dis, s on page 34
Alice faaldit her haands tagidder, an began:- on page 46
? An oh less, my poor tings o haands, whit wye can I no see you?" on page 52
Also on pages 53, 54, 72, 80, 83, 106, 120, 121, 125
14 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
life atil him. 'Better no lay haands on him', he towt, 'in case he on page 115
an he said, 'Fedder, in ta dy haands I gie my sowl.' An wi dat he on page 149
ee whaar da nails gied in his haands an whaar da marks ir on his b on page 155
aa aboot da Loard. He led his haands apo Saul an gied him da Loard on page 160
an pit yoursel i da haands o da Göd Man. on page 163

8 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
da closet door, Faider wi his haands aboot Alec's trott, birssin h on page 19
ne, starin at da parcel, dan, haands shakkin, peeled awa da coarne on page 24
ur trouble," he said, shakkin haands wi her as dey salisted afore on page 35
da moment passed, an we shook haands laek strangers. on page 48
t seek as I stude up ta shakk haands. I wis sure he didna recognis on page 58

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
I clappit mi haands on page 26
a fine fit. Da original haands-free on page 31

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
r fir a total beginner an new haands tae idder Shaetlan or linguis on page 21
ntences da object at cheinges haands is da direct object an da rec on page 84
øn written bi a pair o BIPOC haands at bilangs tae a linguist o m on page 102

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
her een oot, haands ootrekkit, on page 46
Haands grab at looderhorns, forks, t on page 62
bi pixcel: göd haands, a strynd at links on page 84
is waek as haands. on page 110

4 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
fae da night afore. Afore da haands a da clock wan roond ta ten,
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Paes Eggs, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
inta her haands; paes egg
1 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
wis green but his fiss, feet, haands and belly were as white as sn
1 matches

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