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Use in varieties of Scots

reward Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 12.9 7.5 0 0 10.3 70.8
Number of occurrences4725 5 0 0 1 16
Number of authors20 13 5 1 2

Occurrences of reward 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

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Rich reward he wid be gien on page 27
"Ah'll gie tae ye a rich reward on page 31

2 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
er fowks, sit back, claim the reward, on page 79

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
viour fur Mrs Henderson. As a reward ah'd promised him a long over on page 175

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ion, worth three million, his reward. on page 13
And ony reward ye care tae name, on page 94

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
wis an return it. Micht be a reward. An he'd phoned the ambulance on page 39

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
cause it wants the reward o scran, and awa frae the sti on page 109

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
That smaa reward o terrifeed respeck on page 8

1 matches

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
- reward tae oorsels on page 134

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
aa til his lang hame and just reward? on page 72

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
He socht for his reward. on page 100

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
f ye halp me, there’ll be a reward.”
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
Privy Cooncil offered a big a reward fur him deid or alive.

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
Wi an 8000 merk reward fur him deid or alive the tro

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ae been strong wi 5,000 merks reward fur his capture.
s the proof necessary fur the reward o 5,000 merks. His heid an ha

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
them tae Edinburgh tae claim reward. Alang the way they also play

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
great persuader tae clype fur reward an that’s whit happened whe

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ll mind thur wis a 5000 merks reward on Cameron’s heid …. But
eipt o the heid an haunds the reward wis duly paid. They wur then

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
worth clypin on fur sic a big reward. The thocht o easy money aye

@billykayscot tweeted
nanter, I can noo sit doun an reward masel wi a caller glaiss o ma(2020) search twitter

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
n classrooms his been a great reward in itsel. on page 49

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
So he thocht tae reward him for deein sae weel on page 15

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
rs the gree bi hauf the track reward'r wi this lump o succar"' eft on page 3

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
urn; an syne ye'll hae a gran reward; ye'll be e sins o e Maist He on page 90

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
the saying 'Virtue is its own reward?' An excellent dictum to see on page 107

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
ion, worth three million, his reward. on page 218

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
led, acause yis hae a pooerfu reward waitin fer ye ïn heiven, fer on page 4
love thaim at loves you, whut reward wull ye get? Shair even tha t on page 6
tha truith, thïs ïs aa tha reward the'r gaun tae get. But whan on page 7
hit wull be gien a proaphit's reward, an oniebodie that maks a gui on page 9
for joy, for ye hae a pooerfu reward ïn haiven; for thair faither on page 79
Also on pages 95
15 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
The reward o catchin wile broon trout, s on page 47

1 matches

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