A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of heicht in Corpus

Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
eed at that, sclimmin ti thon heicht in her third year, an this mu on page 15

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
doon at Matilda fae her great heicht and Matilda looked richt back on page 7
em, lookin doon fae her great heicht. She wis eatin a muckle bag o on page 96

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ey roun its inside at a handy heicht fer sittin on. It his nae def on page 32

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
lik a starn oan its tapmaist heicht. on page 57

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
oose fae here. Are we no up a heicht! Is Hoolet's hoose as heich a on page 61

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
ss glebe an wind-reft muirlan heicht. on page 33

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
e' on accoont o his estimabil heicht. 'Weill', says he, 'Gin A'm ' on page 6

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Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
m the sink intae. There wis a heicht kist o drawers at the end o t
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ony places in Scotland at the heicht o this nor sae weel daein o s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
gaithert hersel tae her full heicht an barked like a dug. The cat
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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
nivver saw drifts o siccan a heicht on page 15

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Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
On the heicht on page 118

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Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
He cairries a nut that's the heicht o a cairn! on page 24

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
growan near her, aboot e same heicht as hersel; an, when she hed l on page 40
ree inches is such a wretched heicht till be." on page 48
ng hersel doon till her usual heicht. on page 51
ecase she wis exactly e richt heicht till rest her chin on Alice's on page 86

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
se, she wes jist three inch o heicht, an nou here she wes, owertap on page 29

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ch, wi the storm ragin at its heicht, an booin the beech trees lik on page 51

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
eyn. We cudna see her for the heicht o the waa inatween; but there
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
aff his shelt an deid at the heicht o a battle, afore he cud even
foals in his 22 years. At his heicht, this winnerfu beast could se
ed himsel tae the been at the heicht o a blizzard in the tail eyn
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ks noo reenged the braidth an heicht o the toun, frae its kirks ta
s' targ – a hunner storeys' heicht o luxury apairtments. Twis no
the herrin fishin wis at its heicht. The sang wis first broadcast
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ndae ower the vailey fae this heicht. The
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
the trees, near the heicht o the sun.
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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
n aest ta sell. He gied at da heicht o da day whan naebody wis abo on page 115

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Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
strampin ower da heicht o white cappit waves
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Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
land it wis usually aboot da heicht o da day. On da wye hom ower
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Southern

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Bigged tha heicht o a hoose on page 15
A Haw noo bigged on thon wee heicht The' caa Woburn. on page 22
He haes nae heicht ava. on page 49
Frae thon heicht on page 52

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
on hir, an she stud up hir fu heicht, an gien praise tae God. But on page 93

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
t tha oncum o GCE/GCSE or 'A' Heicht testifycates wull no can be t on page 27
Furst-Heicht Lairnin on page 30
Eftèr Furst-Heicht Lairnin on page 31
o gye grist fur eftèr furst-heicht lairnin adae wi tha Ulstèr-S on page 32

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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
AS heicht, A heicht or siclike lines
(wunnins) or CSEs (heicht 1 soartins)
ondin degree, HND or HNC, NVQ heicht 4 an abune, or cumin oot a sc
URSE), schuil maister o furst-heicht weans (PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER
tle (GENERAL HOSPITAL), furst-heicht lear (PRIMARY EDUCATION), hal
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