A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

byle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 5.7 6 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1611 4 0 0 1 0
Number of authors13 8 4 1

Occurrences of byle in Corpus

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Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
the byle on page 9

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
eukin like Boris Karloff wi a byle on his bum. on page 86

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"Ye'll byle the drums afore denner time a on page 26

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Fae syle tae byle tae fry tae bake fae laun tae on page 77

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
o the Moon daesna lat the sun byle the watter awa. It is jalouse
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
girbaw gemm. This proggit the byle. Wi thair harns clair o the m
an barron fair maks the bluid byle.” Than thai hard
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
’ll stick your thrapple and byle ye doun for the tod-hoonds. A
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
eth century, afore the fundie byle brast, an development stalled
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Paterson, Stuart A. Ootby, (twitter 2022) Central, poetry
cottish winter no let ma heid byle,
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@jack_capener tweeted
rld o staunnerdised Inglis an byle yer blimmin heid.(2019) search twitter

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
makken an the kettlie on tae byle on page 20

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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
the kettle. Aye taks ages tae byle fan yer stairvin. on page 42

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
An fou it comes the sea shid byle, An fidder swine hae wings." on page 54

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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@DoricPhrases Very first byle o tatties. Pluntit in o bucke(2020) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
"Ah'l pit a pikkil tea on ti byle on page 36

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