A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

kest Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 8.2 1.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1816 1 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of kest 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.

Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
n! (Slee) Ahint this dyke A'l kest ma bunnil. Nae dout this guid on page 48

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
thocht o the faither that had kest him oot, an his subsequent st on page 77

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
itt o whyt fyre, gied hir the kest o a craitur o eiss an flamb. on page 1
ich cullour, at incressit hiz kest o brukkilnes. He feillit a wh on page 2

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e threit at the wraks wuid be kest lowss gin the Inglish socht t
ma treisur. Bot ye maunna be kest doun, lass,
whan ye wiss ti gain thair kest.
s gaed hame ti Gaitsgill fair kest
fur seids. Thair shaddaes wes kest ontil the steikit
7 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
kest. No a singil straik o licht c
1 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
i the ithers, thay haes aften kest a wee xenophobic policie in f
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n the fack that we turn up an kest oor ballots ilka couple o yea
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
olitics, an is strauchlin tae kest aff the apathy an despair bre
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
hat it’s been published, an kest thaim in a bad licht. Near on
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
isappintit. Efter the saicant kest, A was jist liftin the flees
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
gin Ah depairt, Ah'l kest nae gledge ahint, on page 40

1 matches

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