A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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spears Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 12.3 6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2824 4 0 0 0 0
Number of authors18 14 4

Occurrences of spears in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
They scrammbled aboot tae get spears an shields tae haund, but we on page 58

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
A reid hime rings. Shields an spears a-dundert on page 38

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
sun slingin its spears, hail hurlin its flanes, on page 35

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
avin shed, an windit a loom o spears wi bluidy entrails. An whiles on page 14

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
er men had thocht tae pick up spears as they cam rinnin an these t on page 80

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
r. There's a photie o Britney Spears encouragin folk tae read behi on page 39

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ian author an airtist Heather Spears' novel The Flourish. This tru on page 59

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
and its tusks were as lang as spears. Hercules kent he wid hae nae on page 19

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
bi Britney Spears, Coontess o Fife, on page 84

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
intil thi mud, rush agin thay spears, on page 76

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
res, crescents, ceelinders an spears – that flittit aboot, an fo
ppon in shape, like swords or spears. Anither weel kent report fae
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Whaur spears an arrows are sae thrang,
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ie circles o chiels haudin up spears, wi his cavalry aff on the fl
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
o the glen the chiels wi the spears wad hunker doun in cover an w
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s. Mornin Sunshine made three spears. He pit up three fingers. Cai
p three fingers. Cairryin his spears, he gaed ower the muntains, a
the edge o the wid. The three spears creepit ontae the faur left o
t an draw close tae the three spears. Than he made barkin noises.
rnt an faced thaim. The three spears facin the dug’s heid. Raggl
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ntains, the clatter o Pictish spears agin Roman shields. Aiberdeen
1 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alastair Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Win, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
O spears. Win blaws owre the ribs o sa on page 90

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I' een an Only Bobby Spears on page 127

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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
aintings, sculptures, swords, spears and shields lined the waas. S
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