A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fess Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.1 6.1 36 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3612 24 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 2 4

Occurrences of fess in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
cheil at trinnilt the barra, "fess up alang-syde an heize up ma on page 4
es shuir ti think bettir o't, fess me ma fowre pennie bit, an re on page 5

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
wie, than ane daunnert aff ti fess Adomnan. on page 44

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
hon idaia alane wes eneuch ti fess a quate smyll til hir faiss. on page 2

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
shaa us yer fess, on page 66

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Fess me a kerr,” shae demandit.
A’m a Canadiane ceitezan. Fess yeir offisher therekklie.”
lowse the lads an fess Mirren ben the waird at wes b
brakwast i the keichen, fess yeir pokes wi ye.”
walcum an wul sen a tryne ti fess ye.”
7 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
t, poot, poot" was aneugh tae fess them bickerin fae ilka neuk o on page 55

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
mish - at the postie's knock Fess ben the mail - the usual tro on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
im tull a nice faimly fa cud fess im up richt an gie im a bette on page 67

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
irnie, an fin ye've faun him, fess wird back tae ma sae I can gy on page 8
m i the hale o Syria, an they fess aa kine o nae weel fowk tae h on page 10
l o e Haily Speerit. An he'll fess mony Israelites back tae e Lo on page 79
till them, "Dinna be feert, A fess Gweed News till ye an tae aa on page 82
a cooch. They socht a wye tae fess him in an set him doon afore on page 87
Also on pages 93, 96, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 111, 112, 113
20 matches

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