A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example sonsie

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

relaxed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.9 10.6 4.5 29.8 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences2921 3 3 2 0 0
Number of authors20 13 2 3 2

Occurrences of relaxed in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
d tae tremblin. The twa polis relaxed their haud ae him a bit. Scra on page 1

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
AH FEEL RELAXED oan ma second day at the big on page 7

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Loose relaxed or regular on page 66

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah feel relaxed oan ma second day at the big on page 19

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
s if tae plead fer help, then relaxed his airms an drew his shooder on page 94

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
d whan he haird fuitsteps but relaxed whan he seen it wis ainly Ian on page 98

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
n the schuils, bi exemplar, a relaxed confidence in speakin Scots i
fair taen wi your phrase, 'a relaxed confidence' in yaisin Scots i
that. A'd also like tae see a relaxed confidence in yaisin English
3 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
mired… the wey they visibly relaxed when ah telt thaim they didna
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
nded, like aw yir muscles are relaxed and there’s liquid flowing
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sel. She leuch wi the lave an relaxed.
closeness, or maybe they had relaxed thair assumed postures, bit h
fell aroon her shoothers. She relaxed, an shut her een, an her uppe
hersel against his groin, an, relaxed aroon that pivot, she kissed
drappit fae the heivens, the relaxed satisfaction o her limbs, an
5 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ur wis nothin thare? mah body relaxed.
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
. I mind everybody being dead relaxed. Cos, like, we were undefeate
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
in the hoose. I was happy and relaxed while dain it ??(2020) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Maist kintraes are quite joco/relaxed wi thair history. We cannae b (2022) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Ey set for Aviemore mair relaxed an ivver, stopped at Loch Mor
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Fowk relaxed richt fine tae see.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ile fae Jessie as she visibly relaxed. So she tellt the Laird in he
1 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
oo, yarnan and tryan tae luck relaxed. Nobody wants tae be the firs on page 86

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
in this place. Hid’s quiet, relaxed even, an the pace o wark does
1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
nd bean industrious in a more relaxed wye. Mibbe wur still on that

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
first time dat day, shü wis relaxed as we sat doon fur wir meal. on page 53

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
d, acknowledgin der applause, relaxed an confeedent. I hed cleared
1 matches

Web Analytics