A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

stiffen Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 1.5 3 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences73 2 0 0 0 2
Number of authors7 3 2 2

Occurrences of stiffen in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
r in his haund. He seemed tae stiffen. He grew gey quiet. There wis on page 48

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Grey auld veterans stiffen tae attention, on page 41

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
stance. In fact it seemed tae stiffen the resolve.

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ilk an a gweed steer roon tae stiffen up the dough on page 20

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
cam near garred his intiimers stiffen an heave. Jenny hid faan in w
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
airm an Maisie felt his elbae stiffen again hir ain, his face burra on page 20

1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
ure as shootin the back would stiffen an ye wouldnae feel as fit
1 matches

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