A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wairm Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 5.1 6 0 0 31 137.2
Number of occurrences4810 4 0 0 3 31
Number of authors20 9 3 1 7

Occurrences of wairm in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
wairm an siller, sype, as slaw on page 42

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
oot, tae a burnt fritter ower wairm tae teckle. on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
irns wan wee bit. When it wis wairm and sunny, Bracky Beach wis a on page 2
an's haund. It wis siccar and wairm, and for the first time in a on page 19

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
in unseasonably wairm wather on page 50

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
a bit piece an a flask o ocht wairm for tae slock the drouth. Mai on page 65

1 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
The baw wis wairm an swack. Moa haudit on, terr
1 matches

Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
Wairm-up exercise
1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
Wairm up: Objects
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
s (30 yrs ago so H&S ~~ ) and wairm cloots worn!(2020) search twitter

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
nd Ye in a chookie's egg roon wairm on page 3

2 matches

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
nsumin yakkin pain. I feel my wairm, het bluid seepin, seepin fae
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
anny, and appen ma erms for a wairm and weel-needit bosie, theyâ€
1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
uld I wis feart she’d niver wairm up, sae I lay doon aside her,
weary o it aa. I couldna keep wairm. I happed masel in ma blanket
a auld banes, her young limbs wairm anent mine.
3 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
llars an a Fedora hat. In the wairm yellae glow, he was aal pale, on page 1
o porridge. "He'll need ocht wairm," said she tae Esther, whose on page 3
oda breid an I'll git ye ocht wairm in a minit."' on page 4
ace atween the coul breeks an wairm fire. He was leukin at hir th on page 10
hir tverie move as she poured wairm watter intae a bowl, dipped a on page 17
Also on pages 18, 28, 31, 33, 46, 51, 60
13 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Wairm reek clims up, coul tin tae f on page 1
Tae wairm Novemmer's blaa. on page 10
A wairm nest amang Uncle Davie's bale on page 15
Wairm wame. on page 16
Wairm an ticht an dairk on page 17
Also on pages 35, 45
7 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Maun wairm oor haitts, on page 27
That wairm day. on page 31
for tha wairm sun wull follae. on page 57

3 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
it me? Tha mïnit A heerd yer wairm wurds, A cud feel tha bairn à on page 70

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
drap in yer haun", the' say, Wairm, wat an strang, on page 13
tha hoose, as lang as it wus wairm eneuch, fur he wus aye a wee on page 15
t tha hale lot intae a pot an wairm it up tae tha shugger haes aa on page 28

4 matches

NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
Wairm, wat an strang,
Tae wairm tha pot an no pit tay in,
2 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
n @SgothanGeal fur keeping me wairm tha day as ah chek tha nighbe (2021) twitter link

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