A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

leafs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 13.9 9 0 0 82.7 8.9
Number of occurrences4327 6 0 0 8 2
Number of authors21 15 4 1 2

Occurrences of leafs in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
arrive ower early an gaither leafs on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
As men, an leafs, an beasts, aw fell thegither on page 4
o spring slaiks its leafs like cluifs, on page 16
Licht gowden neuks wi ebony leafs a-flauchter, on page 92

3 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The leafs sheenit mair nor siller, on page 52

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
t the colours o aa the bonnie leafs, she cuidna git him inower th on page 30

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The rimie leafs are reider than a seicont mon on page 18
Reid leafs like frost lin thick roon wha on page 24
Whaur the lotus leafs oot-lea the lea, on page 29

6 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
steed, he stared at the black leafs oan the trees that hung ower on page 1

1 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The Leafs Maun Faa on page 69

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
That mysel flaired wi the leafs. Oor wine wis the spring-heid on page 41

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
For an instance: The leafs aw fell aff thae trees. on page 26

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e soumed in the shaddaw o the leafs when I was a laddie, and hou on page 47

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
faain leafs, see, on Dongting Loch on page 21

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An, onywey, that leafs ower sma;
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
i their pink an maroon tippit leafs; the bonnie birks, laden wi s
rns an plashin iver-gaitherin leafs streetchin intae the glen. He
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
thing wis wastit. The outside leafs an coorse stalks o the cabbit
1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
he braes tae the broun hairst leafs birlin in the wind. Tho we te
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
As broun leafs in hairst at the gowstrous wu
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
o win noo an then gaarin the leafs birl aboot the gravesteens, l on page 40

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
uk drousie in hairst, fan the leafs is turnin broun. on page 12
! Ye haad your heid ablow the leafs an snocher awaa doun ere, or on page 28
cloutie dumplin, the wings is leafs o hollin, an its heid's a rai on page 42

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
blaeberry leafs an a chow o the heather sproo
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
magic beuk. The colour o deid leafs. Nae sure if it's Scots or au(2020) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Spring we gether the mulberry leafs.
Lotus leafs dance ahint the fisherman’s
The wund blaws the lest leafs awa.
trees skail thair lest green leafs.
the reishil o fawin leafs.
8 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
or onie ither tree. Whan tha leafs cum oot, yis ken wi'oot bein on page 106

1 matches

Robinson, Philip , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
shuggar in tha yin en an tay leafs in tha ither. An a wee gless
1 matches

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