Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

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Use in varieties of Scots

spate	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	13.7	14.4	15.1	0	0	31	13.3
Number of occurrences	44	28	10	0	0	3	3
Number of authors	25	15	6			2	3

Occurrences of spate in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Lallans 82 - The Gowden Boat, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The watter in spate gey near burstin its banks. on page 15

1 matches

Sulhunt, Miriam Lallans 90 - Rapunzel, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
mair like a Lammas spate on page 33

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
n tae the flair in a skinklin spate. on page 38

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
lved. Ae week there wuid be a spate o burglaries in the big house on page 104

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
d the capital tae observe the spate o its tumults, intrigues an f on page 101
a, bankin an aa, bi the ragin spate o the Aufidus, on page 106
The roarin spate in dowie linn grows caum; on page 149

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
the brashy skies an blindrife spate on page 25
In lairdly spate, nae wadset socht but leave on page 37
Frae a bonny burn in spate on page 55
haud tae the spate, on page 72

4 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
aye haud back a guid back-en spate. The Lammas floods were the w on page 17

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Avalanche, spate, infernal yowder, on page 95

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n hou first a trintle, syne a spate, o owersettins an oreiginal p on page 109

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 73 - The Unco Spate, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Dundee, poetry
The Unco Spate on page 11

3 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Wance the spate o water heezed up the erk,
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
creetics wunners juist whitna spate o information aboot fowk is b
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Hill burns in spate were reamin fou.
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
n cam frae the heivens an the spate waashed aw the timmers doun t
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
innovation frae Lunnon in fu spate.
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the unstappin and unstappable spate o caring words.
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ae time we cam tae a river in spate that wis ower wide for us tae
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
her in a fa like the Devon in spate at Rumblin Brig.
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
An monies a spate’s gang doun the stank,
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ae be washed awa in the neist spate.
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
tartit it's like the Feugh in spate. on page 35

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
until it ran in spate. on page 12

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
hen the Bogie ae nicht wis in spate I'll tirr doon tae the skin a on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
k. It cam doon hale watter, e spate cam till his door, e win blew on page 15
laid e foons on e rock. Fan e spate cam, e burn birst upo e hoose on page 90

4 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Clatterty fan the river's in spate's nae cooard, sir. Ay, an gin on page 18

1 matches

Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
year food; sic a muckle spate it smoord on page 18

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
spate.
1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
The roarin spate in dowie linn grows caum; on page 216

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the Borth’ick Waitter wis i spate an the waitter frae the Borth
Borth’ick wis doun i spate. That biggin hes been structu
2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
As a burn in spate, or a reservoir. on page 49

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
haniver tha rïver wus ïn fu spate an swep agin tha hoose, ït c on page 80

1 matches

Gibson, Darren Solace, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
As spate owertaks tha lan,
1 matches