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gait Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words46.8 51.4 64.2 0 0 20.7 22.1
Number of occurrences152102 43 0 0 2 5
Number of authors42 33 6 1 3

Occurrences of gait in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
s again crept by wae a shifty gait; she did nae mare than tsk ts on page 78

1 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
as if switherin, set aff the gait for the Kokushkin Brig. on page 133

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Nae claw ti maim, nae gait ti flake on page 91

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
) But tell me, guidwyfe, what gait went the man ye gien aw thir on page 48

4 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
legs it, fast as his awkward gait will cairry him, awa doon the on page 1

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Bit Skaldie wud ging his ain gait, yi maun be sure. on page 14

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
e road is naethin mair than a gait-track; on page 36

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
his gait is lik the swift flight of a on page 43

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e been on somethin o the same gait as masel. They werenae the ai on page 15

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wk thocht an aye gaed her ain gait. As sic she is studied at mon on page 124

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ae or formal like, whither bi gait o poyetry, drama, journalism, on page 7
t a clear, cutty an objective gait. on page 9
or texts shuid be biggit this gait: on page 10
g sentences a patently formal gait. For an instance, associatin on page 11
n ower information as plain a gait as possible. on page 12
Also on pages 13, 16, 19, 21, 40, 41, 44, 48, 61, 64
21 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ey could, but they had a lang gait tae gang, and were wantin tae on page 123

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nae claw tae maim, nae gait tae flake on page 53

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
went aye on an on, in the yae gait he'd stertit: on page 43

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Guid forgie ye! - Gang your gait eenou! on page 45

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
airts or horses gan thir slow gait, heavy soons, fae west's gree on page 22

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Nae claw ti maim, nae gait ti flake on page 91

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
He gangs his gait till e'en has faaen. on page 97

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Here an thair the gait gaes on page 114

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the crawroads's the gait tae genius. on page 82

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ha lats the leid gang its ain gait athoot gettin ower fankelt i on page 121

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ogg pits us back on the richt gait. Its subjeck maitter straucht on page 139

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Inglis an gauin a tuim-heidit gait, sae faur as langage gangs. A on page 121

4 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
hae been thinkin on the lang gait Allan Ramsay and I hae traive on page 46

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
tsel. Whan the Yird is in the gait o thir pairticles thay skyte
the aff-warld progs sent thon gait, first throu Mariner 2 in 196
roond the Sun bi a weel worn gait Mairs is that bittie agley sa
i thrawin aff-warld rocks the gait o the early rocky planets an
ome aboot but progs sent thon gait haes confirmed that the rings
6 matches

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
uth o an M.P. tae caa his ain gait wi the whip seestem Be evendo
enment. The perqueerest maist gait tae tak wuid be tae uize the
t o preference, an, wi siccan gait, makkin siccer at rebel Pairl
3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ck is a couardie-lick til the gait-enn kemp. The’r ti be nae f
1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - I am the Lass, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
expression, gesture, gait an mime,
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Thon crowner is uisin ye as a gait-lam ti attrak the teiger. He
an, ti hiz terrificautioun, a gait keikit in,
The gait reponit wi a bae! It bene ass
mas thocht shae wes menin the gait, bot
4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
used the micht be ithers some gait, but the maist kenspeckle wis
philosophers thocht the same gait as the colonial pouers o the
t that micht cuid traivel the gait o the Yird, but speirt, gin t
s micht be weel doun the same gait. Gin this is richt, it mibby
an burnin up, but chenged its gait twa-three times awmaist like
7 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
s gien us fecht by a straucht gait. By ony meisure, we can agree
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ee, ettle, fash, fushionless, gait, gang, greet, ill (in the sen
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Gang yer ain gait and let me be,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
tae high doh an blithe on the gait, sittin in a motor (repraisen
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
souk, you gang a blouster’s gait;
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
traiks the gait
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
e horse cam Muriel, the white gait, and Benjamin the cuddie. Ben
Seiven Commaunds. Muriel, the gait, could read somewhat better a
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
remindit Beatrice o a wee pet gait, as she traikit alang wi Ragg
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
actments an wad continue that gait until it wis abolisht in 1708
ts pairlament tae act its ain gait. Or lang the Inglis an Scots
in doun a different political gait fae Ingland an in 1853 the Na
3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
be conductit sic a gait as awbody amang the pairlamen
n the coont will gae the same gait as thae elections, guidit wi
gait that the Secretar o State shu
in leemits for referendums bi gait o PPERA grund
4 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
in a business-lik echo o her gait.
1 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
door on the horn o the billie-gait, fillt his cassies, an led hi
e telt hersel, A hae a billie-gait an a trow.
uekit frae her tae the billie-gait. "Aye. Aye, A am."
he trow sleepin an the billie-gait staundin forefaren. The wouf
Whit's the lamp daeing on the gait's horn?"
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
l be the first step alang the gait tae makin the bairns o the no
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
The picturesque gait o the Dee gangs wi ye as ye p
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
wt like "ilkyin gangs his ain gait" - maks fowk speir whit A me(2019) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
babies doon at the hermiston gait home bargains - if thats no (2021) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
a sauch o genteelitie in his gait, an a strynge orra lilt in th on page 99

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
"leuk! huif-prents o a gait!" Ye rin aheid on page 3

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e thi ween. We weis throo thi gait's an entae thi lichthoose gru on page 4

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
hocht he wad jist dee e richt gait an cancel e waddin. He'd satt on page 7
s an learns ither fowk e same gait, will hae e hinmaist plaice i on page 11
wirk oot for yersels e richt gait? Fan ye're gyan wi yer case t on page 103
affoord tae feenish it? Ither gait, gin ye lay e foons an syne c on page 106

5 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
gvangs the idder gait. I can see it aa fan I sclim on page 14
ursel an win up - the eeswal gait - dinna get fufft up !" on page 18
g tae the hous, she tyeuk the gait doun the roddin eence mair, c on page 25
le quinie in the gairden some gait!" on page 28
maistlins ye'd win some idder gait, gin ye ran rael fest for a l on page 33
Also on pages 39, 40, 44, 47, 49, 51, 68, 75, 76, 89, 92, 94
29 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
airms tae frichten the Billie-gait awa, afore allooin iz tae slo
“Ay. Yon Billie-gait gaed iz a tummel doon the bau
Oot forenent was the Billy-gait wi muckle roond horns, gien a
A mind seein yon muckle Billy gait up on the hull,” A sayed.
idea! A dinnae lik yon Billy gait. It’s stanin ower
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
aboot the sottar that Santie gait us redd up.
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
a stey gait up throu the craigs
alang the gait ti the Wast.
2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Baith in gait an mien, on page 32

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Dreed thut ait wud na be gait on page 13
Nir wisdom gait ail by yersel on page 17
Gait thon thing fae price an half, on page 37

3 matches

@HurchinHome tweeted
ighpoint: colleague describes gait as "glaiket".(2018) search twitter

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