A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lain Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 5.1 9 0 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences1910 6 0 0 2 1
Number of authors16 10 4 1 1

Occurrences of lain in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Oh mort lain tae rest! on page 55

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
p gan oot, at last hissel has lain, on page 24

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Hae they lain entwined in gowan strewn lea? on page 24

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'lain McGuire,' Maureen said then s on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
belanged tae his uncle an had lain there since Bothwell. John's on page 47

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
kit wi his ain bluid an fell, lain midst his nearest kin. on page 14

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hour grew late, the tryst was lain on page 113

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Gilliland, Sam Lallans 83 - Cochise o the Apache Nation, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
A sit my lain i this warld. on page 26

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
A'm oan ma lain
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wk Ah’ve sharet a plate wi, lain wi - an gotten deservedly bl
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Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
And ye've lain throu the year on page 115

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"Foo can iss be? A've nivver lain wi a man." Says the angel, "E on page 80
oot o e rock far nae man hid lain afore. It wis e Friday an e S on page 120

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
girse – for the quarry hid lain quaet fur thirty year. Natur
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
fooshty aipple core that hid lain there five days.
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
a clonin machine. Can I get a lain o ye fir a puckle o 'oors.(2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
How long I've lain in bourbon casks on page 20
tminster Abbey how long ye've lain on page 28

2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha thrissle Ad lain ablow yestreen on page 20

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