A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of owld in Corpus

Central

Doric

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
nae siller passed tae this owld dealer. on page 28

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
get the danceen gan at a faer owld pace. on page 31

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
"Silly owld Fox! He's daft, is he no? on page 3
"Silly owld Snek! He's daft, is he no? on page 11

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He's a peedie bit owld and doddery on page 1
And he chucked me his smelly owld coat. on page 2
Bit, like a good owld trouper, though me hert felt on page 4
No! Dinna pull owld Rover's tail.: on page 5
Bi this time, poor owld Victor wis lukkan kindo ill. on page 8
Also on pages 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 23, 28, 30, 33, 37, 43, 46, 52, 53, 61, 65, 73, 83, 84
35 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
..An owld man's hert hung on page 3
nger tae the lug-hole like an owld fock singer on page 5
Grouw fae the owld Kirk green - on page 10

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I doot no, owld man, on page 5
ower lumpy owld fields, on page 6
la in fact, unlike some o his owld compadres on page 7
grip o a tractor-beam dwam o owld haunts, on page 8
and an owld woman in a mirror on page 16
Also on pages 24, 25, 30, 32, 35
15 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
n much himsel. I ran intae an owld neebour the ither day, wha ha on page 9
et Trow's waitan in his dirty owld sark. on page 89
queezan hid dry, the colour o owld blid, on page 108

3 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The Owld Stone Bench on page 25
Me Owld Orkney Chair on page 44
Get the danceen gan at a faer owld pace on page 157

7 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
gifted in an owld cerrier bag. on page 81
Made fae some simmans an an owld mill stone on page 90
Weemin should grow owld wae grace on page 98
The slaetero's in the owld pile o wid on page 148

7 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A scabby owld tin wae worn flooers, wance a on page 47

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
says Clara. Aggie winks. The owld broon purse, leather of cours on page 30
Owld Jeannie said tae Sam on page 130
Owld men nod in appreciation on page 141
me handsome owld boy, on page 144

8 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nae siller passed tae this owld dealer on page 154

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Shae is the last owld Marwick wife on page 32
No more owld gress in the ditches fur you. on page 62
Fither sits astride the owld grey Fergie, grandfither, on page 95
Like a peeran owld wife. on page 113

4 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A land sea, the owld wife called it. on page 93
Bear left noo, up past the Owld Kirk on page 138

4 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
Thi foor below is spread wi owld Orcadians, on page 18

3 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
The owld Orkney pronouns – the ‘th
Isles bus driver sayan tae an owld wife, ‘On thu comes’ –
2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
ngly good haggis, made tae an owld family recipe. If you are new
e mashed tatties and a dram o Owld Pulteney – salt tae go wae
2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
o aal, me good neebors in the owld districts o Reekiebraes and D
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
€™, he grunted, as the peedie owld man stumbled an cheust aboot
An the owld man hugged Mr Dursley aroond
ate. He wis tall, thin an gey owld, lukkan at the silver o his h
3 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
y the majority o folk. It’s owld news noo, but 1.5 million res
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
tae the fermers’ memories o owld. For the first time in me lif
1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
An owld wife in Flotta alweys wid say

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
o the owld wirds, hoo they wir delivered
Hid wis an owld Sanday wife that telt me
Owld Norse: Number Wan – a burde
id’s fine tae hear twathree owld tongues
4 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
. “Is hid a language?” Same owld discussion’s gettan langerso (2019) twitter link

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
rs apo dir sheeks. Der wis an owld ean an twa young sisters - d on page 17
n dat du's been aafil göd ta owld Naomi. Du's a blissin an a jo on page 19
wid shaa whit dey felt. Only owld Naomi wis awaar o whit wis gy on page 20
hoose o da Göd Man. Eli, da owld priest - wha wis lossin his on page 21
gyaan ta pit by aathing dat's owld an dön ~an start ower. Da he on page 63
Also on pages 69, 119, 120, 124, 17, 173
25 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Dat most a been a very owld book indeed," I laached, "I w on page 10
her rheumatiky therteen year owld legs. on page 93

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Sic an owld wird hit soonded: 'yarbent'. on page 23

1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
even slippit his staff, poor owld body.
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
lay a deep, owld anchor
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
Spikkin da streen aboot owld days in da Isle, an foo we oo