A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

edged Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 5.1 7.5 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences1710 5 0 0 0 2
Number of authors12 8 2 2

Occurrences of edged in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
reid edged wi desert saun, on page 4

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
dance round the double-edged sword of fash, on page 8

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
yince wuz edged bi a burn, an the sun shone. on page 48

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
here wis naebody aroond so he edged doon the bankin. It wis too s on page 44
e us an awa frae the road. He edged closer. He wis aboot three fe on page 73

2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
the fons et origo o the hard-edged, fast-movin, streetwise slang on page 9

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
mixter-maxter o cowpt stooks edged wi a tidemark o wat sheaves a on page 17

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ce o Brigadoonery - the fire-edged sprosie pit-on o aa things th on page 15

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a wide square stertin tae be edged wi cairts. Luckenbuiths wis s
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
dance round the double-edged sword of fash,
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
shudder it the wifie's sharp-edged wirds - a painfu echo fae th on page 43
o wirthless jewellery; a lace-edged hunkie aat Ah'd made in Domes on page 79

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ew Bruce turned ower its gowd-edged pages, the scrat o Matty's pe
sh as wirmwid, sherp as a twa-edged sword. Her feet gyang doon ta
great blaik Buik wi its gowd edged leaves, an opened it up far t
3 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hir hans doon the banes that edged oot frae hir hips, curves tha on page 19

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
rinnin costs. Thon bes a twa edged sword. on page 46

1 matches

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