fain | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurences normalised per million words | 14.1 | 17.6 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 46 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 23 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
growen-ups. Growen-ups are fu fain o nummers. Whan ye tell them on page 19
'I am wondrous fain o sundouns. Lat us awa an beh on page 26
e is douff an dowie, they are fain o sundouns.' on page 27
For the king wis fu fain that his autoritie be respeck on page 37
s ye onie skaith; but ye were fain that I tamed you. on page 70
Also on pages 83
6 matches
Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
As ma fain hairt hud mind o him, on page 16
1 matches
Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
e french-horn player, she was fain eneuch, and Ah wud hae gaen t on page 36
1 matches
Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
st son in the warld. Heez sae fain, tentie an thouchfu. Noo that on page 78
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
that guid ti me, an A wes gey fain o him! A'l ne'er clap ene on on page 45
ither, wul ye lat me cum ben? Fain wad A hae yeir guidwull, forb on page 46
2 matches
Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
he wisnae awfu fain that morn on page 48
1 matches
Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Noo Magnus wuld fain hae bidit in the Hebrides, bi on page 14
1 matches
Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
but is fain to seduce them' on page 36
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
in skailin storm, bluidwytin-fain, on page 24
1 matches
Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Och, it's fain I wid tosh the place up, an b on page 43
1 matches
McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Ye're unco fain tae gowk yoursel, I'm suir! on page 45
3 matches
McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
te, apen-mou'd, heids furrit, fain tae hear. on page 50
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
rge wisna a man that wes ower-fain o tributes onie-hou, laestwey on page 6
2 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ur. But gin oor midgie man is fain o fantoosh poems, he winna fl on page 91
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
’ an a Jaucobite, oorie, an fain o Gaelic sang. The narrator,
1 matches
Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
fur a baist wi fyow waants an fain o a dinkie wattir-syde reside
1 matches
Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
The twenes aince bene fain o sic auld-farrant rymes an t
1 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ed the People, that they were fain to watch their Houses and Cor
1 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ane at monie’s been fidgin fain for. Mairattour, as A believe
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an A'm fair fidgin fain tae write
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ut dreich, tho the lasses are fain. Tell my mither, Tonal, that
1 matches
astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
in yir byre of a nicht. An A fain fell in love wi ye, Jennet Bu
1 matches
solonggaybowser Merlin's Bairns, (archiveofourown.org 2020) Central, prose
The fain smirk in Merlin's vyce wis as
1 matches
Briggs, Susi My Yellow Yorlin, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
I cuid fain the musk o anither man’s lu
1 matches
@billykayscot tweeted
he broom o the cowden knowes/ Fain wad I be in ma ain countrie, (2020) search twitter
McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
nerstaan!" (Ye see, she wesna fain tae avou een tae hersel at sh on page 23
fain o fleein intae cannles: acaus on page 43
Ailice wesna fain tae shak hanns wi aither o th on page 50
" Deedledee eikit on. "Are ye fain o poetry?" on page 51
thocht Ailice. "I'd be richt fain o aat!" on page 72
Also on pages 85
7 matches
Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah wad fain skreive a letter an send it
Ah wad fain gang hame, but the’r nae ro
2 matches