A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cleared Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.3 14.7 24 19.9 34.9 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences5629 16 2 6 2 1
Number of authors34 16 10 1 4 2 1

Occurrences of cleared in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
empty, the plates an glesses cleared away. on page 13

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
, an sae on: then, when ye've cleared awa aa the jeely on page 44

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
gs folk dump. Supposed tae be cleared up. Aw that millennium shit. on page 1

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ad aw got theirsels comfy, he cleared his thrapple and stairtit: on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
five howffs, the cleared an dispossessed, on page 30
CLEARED on page 32
an cleared o folk an boat whae'd work an on page 33
newmade, deforestit, lang cleared o walks on page 50

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
. Aince he had feenisht Davie cleared his throat. 'That's aw richt on page 87
an he cam back the puzzle wis cleared up. Jist a few rows ower fae on page 110

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
a wheen deep braiths. Then he cleared his thrapple, and said, Awric on page 59

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Dina stertit weel an cleared maist the asterbaws in their on page 24

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
kitin oot o her. And the reek cleared awa. on page 41
a sizzlin soond and the reek cleared awa. on page 55

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
onert. Mr. Poe looked up, and cleared his thrapple. on page 67

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
n a crisis. 'Sandra and Cathy cleared the way.' on page xvi

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
They git up aff thir chairs, cleared the table, took the cups an s on page 46

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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
cleared his throat.
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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ingin oan. In sair pyne ah've cleared oot ma cupboards, ma wardrobe
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
s uised tae be. Aathings been cleared an ne’er replaced.
is wee baund o hired men haed cleared mony a hoose in the area afor
A wheen hooses thereaboot war cleared, an mony deiths ar pit agin S
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
. That particular mystery wis cleared up by ma faither quite recent
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
douts. Plans tae repeople the cleared clachan o Rosal in Nor Suther
driven efforts tae repopulate cleared laund that deliver the best r
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
t. Th' foggy dizziness o' kip cleared as a breezy draught washed ow
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
empty, the plates an glesses cleared away.
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@g_hibby tweeted
@SconeOf @HairyAngus It cleared up earlier the day Scone.. Bu (2022) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
the face o his young guest an cleared his throat, embarrassed, thro on page 77

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
When the rikk cleared awa he wis shoving a zimmer A on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The snaa shooer cleared an Fobie saa at he hid compan on page 77

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n, an so on: then, when ee've cleared all e jelly-fish oot o e way- on page 95

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
his name has eventually been cleared. Charlie 'Chaser' Robertson, on page 118

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
he said. As the little wifie cleared the table she said." Yon bush
there is tae tell. Jonsar Eck cleared his throat an said, "I swear
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
a auld pair till the weather cleared eneuch fur the Bruce's tae wi
ather like this, the feed men cleared the road sae the milk cairt c
bit the main road wis a thin cleared path atween waas o glimmerin
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
I can see that the skies have cleared a fair bit and the sun’s st
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
It iws only aifter, as we cleared the hoose,
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
itin but she seen stuck in an cleared the plate.
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
o us stood there as the lads cleared the earth awa and checked the
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
her for her kindness and soon cleared the plate. “Michty me, quin
Jessie cleared her throat and feelin the col
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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
ld Norse, and it means ‘The Cleared Place’.
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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
tae say sometheen tae her. He cleared his thrapple nervously. ‘Er
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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
an sae trow; dan whin you're cleared da jeely-fish oot o da rodd - on page 100

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Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Wan day da lift cleared. Dan Noah slippit oot a corbi on page 7

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Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
Weel we cleared da daeks an set tae. Hit's a
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Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
ok da bar doon wi me heels. I cleared wi da second jimp. We göd up
relaxed an confeedent. I hed cleared wan seeventy in trainin, nae
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Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
irns tae help oot. Muttontief cleared da speeder’s webs fae da rÃ
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
on, an that: then, when ee've cleared aw th jeelly-fish oot o th we on page 98

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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Throu the nicht it cleared awa.
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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha sim caird was cleared an her doonloaded on page 11

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