Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

rivin	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	8.7	4.6	7.5	0	69.7	0	8.9
Number of occurrences	28	9	5	0	12	0	2
Number of authors	13	6	3		3		1

Occurrences of rivin in Corpus

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Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Ruggin an rivin past the toon, on page 30

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
o German bullets, a rictus rivin whit wis left o his face. on page 8
his een unseein, his screams rivin the lift. on page 9

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ye?' the faither said, still rivin the pages. 'Ye'll need tae sa on page 35

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Wonka bars in aq wanner, then rivin aff the wrappers on the spot on page 28

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Rivin the echo frae the silent waas on page 44

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Rivin the echo frae the silent waas on page 59

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
mman gresped her bi the hair, rivin an tearin. She ettled tae git on page 67
the maucht tae push her aff. rivin an threshin gat mair an mair on page 68

2 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
like a wee coble driven bi a rivin win. on page 43

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
roit-like: it's makin a fair rivin storm in the wuidin: here som on page 62

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
easter lip o the quarry-hole, rivin it like a hare-lip, wis a roc
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
rippit papers, a rummlin an a rivin, an up free the founs o the b
t hard. There wis a teirin an rivin soun, an baith moosies
2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
. An der wis da mirknen an da rivin o da dim, day wan. An da Göd on page 3
dön. So cam da mirknen an da rivin o da dim, da fort day. on page 4
bit der's laachter at da rivin o da dim. on page 33
Afore da rivin o da dim shö sets tae on page 49
faer o dat. He'll come lik da rivin o da dim; lik da voar speets on page 67
Also on pages 147
10 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Ee love wis kiarr, rivin, on page 115

1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
p whit wis left o’ da boat, rivin hit intae smiddereens, an of
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
An the rivin stoon o seein an knowin on page 11
Comes thon ra, rivin screch on page 24

2 matches