| fand | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 55 | 55.2 | 76.6 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 75.2 | |
| Number of occurrences | 178 | 109 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Number of authors | 24 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
He fand himsel in the neibourheid o A on page 36
1 matches
Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Wha fand a fair sized dod o meat on page 16
Yin day a dunkey fand a lion skin on page 21
It wis as a doctor he fand fame. on page 27
He had fand an auld sheep fleece on page 34
5 matches
Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
k o stoppin hersel, afore she fand herself tummlin tapsalteerie on page 8
wis naewhaur tae be seen: she fand hersel in a lang laich haa, t on page 10
Alison opened the door an fand that it led mtae a wee passag on page 11
lke telescopes: this time she fand a wee bottle on it, ("that wi on page 12
hen she got tae the door, she fand she'd forgot the wee gowden k on page 13
Also on pages 14, 19, 20, 24, 25, 33, 39, 43, 44
28 matches
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
At hame, John fand time tae redd up the auld big on page 27
pairish tae pairish, an mony fand timely shelter an succour wit on page 28
r bides ... but, b-but . ? he fand himsel staumerin like a haufl on page 42
dee'd on the brae - an Adam fand it afore the corbies an the m on page 56
they werenae sodgers. But he fand himsel wunnerin whit wey hauf on page 57
Also on pages 58, 64, 66, 67, 71, 72, 81
15 matches
Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
The watch fand me on page 5
The watch fand me on page 11
3 matches
Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ur DOST includes aa the wirds fand in Scots screivins throchoot on page 59
3 matches
Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
A ship wrack ae a fritter - fand fleetin aboot in the deepths on page 1
itit aff like a... a gazelle. Fand oot frae wan ae his freends a on page 2
2 matches
Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
the owthar's prattik an suin fand it verra eith ti skrow awaw. on page 12
We fand a lettir bakkit ti ae memmer on page 25
3 matches
Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
In the mids o this Babylon A fand masell a trystin-pynt, ilkane on page 1
1 matches
Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
n wi a mukkil stane at he hed fand a bittie alang the rodd. Frae on page 46
1 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
nna what. Ae sowel claimed he fand Han's poems scartit on tree t on page 39
1 matches
Landles, William Lallans 73 - Welcome, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
They fand a place for God. on page 57
1 matches
Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
a haddie, indaed. The Editor fand himsel wunnerin, is thare nae on page 4
1 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
e for a fair while nou an A'v fand that it's faur aesier tae wri
in heritage (the richt saw is fand in Hislops Proverbs o Scotlan
2 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Whiles a distinction's fand in ae dialeck that's juist no
een in English, for example, "fand/fund", "pat/pit/putten". Thir
2 matches
Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
ut intil the sunnlicht, an he fand hissell rowin i the waarm ger
til hiz surpreise an raptur, fand hissell akwallie sated i the
2 matches
Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
r A laed skuil ahent me, at A fand ma gate
The yeirs wun by an we baith fand wirsells seperat frae thon tw
, yeir eftir yeir. Bot A suin fand at A hed ti darg fur masell,
chak the wirk wes feinist, A fand a squar stane wi a nate roun
out, bot fand at the stane founds let me fr
21 matches
Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
differs frae English: finnd, fand, fund; greet, grat, grutten;
1 matches
Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
n Kirk o Queen’s University fand that 61.6% o the lexical item
1 matches
Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
wemen, I fand masel workin neibours wi Edyt
But she bade on, an she fand a bield in Hamtramck, a ceity
aistlie Polish ceity yit. She fand Tomasz thare an aa, him
3 matches
McLachlan, Jack Glessheids maun wale guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate, (University of Maine 2019) Central - Ceres, prose
Dr Lancaster an her team fand that hardiness agin the cauld
ar recently settelt, the team fand a gey wheen o the ae socially
2 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
m. Efter a puckle braiths, he fand his mind cauld, detached fae
1 matches
@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
se i the Scots Leid (free) an fand it nae whit I wis efter. Hid (2020) search twitter
Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
A bonnie young quine fand the unconscious prince and wa on page 116
luik like the sweet quine fa fand me alane on the shore fan I n on page 123
e... and the prince kent he'd fand his princess. on page 124
3 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
blue door yawned ajee and he fand hisself glowerin up inno the
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
d the hazel fork the day he'd fand it. In her twa wee hauns the
ld blaik lair. Bit Jock Dow'd fand it oot, it cudna hide frae hi
t like a fleggit beast that's fand a safe neuk, she telt Meg fit
n near eneuch Hogmanay he hid fand a suitable text, frae Peter C
unwintit things in the hoose fand their wye tae the laft. On th
6 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
s, sae she waukit on till she fand the eildritch tree, jist as t
"I fand twa tractor tyres last wikk,"
opit he'd crave this an she'd fand a poem bi a Alexander Scott
a gey begeck fin a match wis fand sae quick. His adoptive faith
Bi noo Brian hid fand Jude Anderson. Unlike his ain
28 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
yon, they’d mair fun. They fand a leddylanners cooriet doon o
preens. They’d fand their wye inno the kitchie, a
“Hae ye fand a new hame fur us, Skirly?”
new hame they steppit. Mooch fand an auld ganzie o Mistress McT
the girse till Teenie Baxter fand them. Johnny Patterson wis
8 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
enned Tullochgorum, Doric wis fand in mony’s a buik
1 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
well that Helen Archer wid be fand innocent in The Archers, beca(2016) search twitter
We fand this #Doric napkin in oor dra(2018) search twitter
Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
s a glutton, an he's tarrible fand o tha drïnk sae he ïs - th on page 9
hïs man, for he wus tarrible fand o us Jews, an he even bigged on page 80
k at hïm, he's a glutton, an fand o tha drink so he ïs, tha fr on page 81
stèrs o tha Laa, for the' ir fand o paradin aboot ïn fancie cl on page 104
4 matches
Ultach The Gra They Hae in Americae, (Reddit 2020) Ulster, poetry
They‘re fand o siclike weel eneuch.
1 matches
@the_gellick tweeted
t o you Twitter folk are wile fand o the aul #politics sae I too (2014) twitter link
V wi her twa cronies: they're fand o "The Voice" (an a guid #Uls (2016) twitter link
liedrennan @RamblingRingo I'm fand o this version fae Aberdeensh (2015) twitter link
an the Greeks: baith quare an fand o their Trojan Horses! (2015) twitter link
big gett forby: he's quare an fand o a bull-bate. Aa the best! (2014) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.