Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bealin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bealin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	10.3	33	15
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central	278.2	6	2
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central	18.4	4	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.4	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	13.1	1	1
LAL - General Central	28.1	21	11
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bealin 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.

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
, when she heard aw this, wis bealin wi anger. Everybody loved Her on page 3
the Hydra come chairgin oot, bealin wi rage. It stood richt up on on page 11
ein at Hercules like a byke o bealin bees. Thoosans appeared like on page 29
vens. Hera wis ridd-faced and bealin that Hercules wis haein such on page 40
up intae the air by the angry bealin Amazon warriors. on page 41

5 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
r obviously an understandably bealin . Wha amang us can thole the t
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
viour timetable. She wis pure bealin: partly because she wis made on page 26
T FUCKIN SWIVEL. She wis pure bealin when you said that, said Kell on page 31
y's relationship. Ah wis pure bealin when she said that; ah said, on page 127
t the snack bar. Charlene wis bealin wi her an fur the whole lunch on page 138

4 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
insteid o richtly fuckin bealin on page 38

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r moss-dressins cuid help his bealin leg as it turnt furst rid the on page 63

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
sed glaur, beekit hard by the bealin sun, and were awrfie strang. on page 14
t tae walk awa hame unner the bealin African sun, she fund Poloko on page 58

2 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
young man took it an grew sae bealin mad he come near tae stormin on page 138

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
Bealin, lipperous crust o the yird, on page 9

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'I didnae get and noo I'm bealin! on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
nelia Poashoxter. And she wis bealin! It's ma maist treisured poss on page 38
t oot a skraich. She wis pure bealin. on page 89
in ye richt noo ['m extremely bealin aboot aw this, I really am.' on page 130
his, Mike Teeveeheid wis pure bealin. He sterted lowpin up and doo on page 153
, and the poacket shak as the bealin wee prisoner focht tae get oo on page 154

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
e aye had the same boggin and bealin expression as usual. Her een, on page 101

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
it wis gaun on, and they were bealin aboot it. They didna like tae on page 8
t made the three fermers mair bealin and mair thrawn and mair dete on page 28

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
back intae the shed makkit iz bealin wi the thocht thit summit wis on page 79

1 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
he Emperor heard o it. He was bealin, and bainisht the Grumphieman on page 91

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Forfochten!" Auntie Aggie wis bealin. "Ye lazy lump, ye nivver dae on page 118

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
the frustration o the day cam bealin up inside him like an ugsome on page 37

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
The neebors wir bealin , an the council man says,
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Tae Ilka Scots Makar an Scriever, (twitter.com 2022) Central, poetry
Bealin -daft dunderheids, pauchtie sk
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
siclike kennt tae be snarlin, bealin, frenyin fermentations o the (2020)