A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Occurrences of weary in Corpus

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
An faintly strove that weary yin Tae pit the subject by, on page 6
Alice sighed, awfy weary. "Kan ye no come up wae sumhi on page 69

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
still weary o yer happiness. on page 66

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Watt, George T. Lallans 82 - Caul Stane, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Whiles A'm weary like yon Blairlogie Angel, on page 24

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
see him staun there unmet, a weary weight on his back as he'd br on page 79

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Bi wappens made weary. Fechts ah hae witnesst, on page 36

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
He wis bane-weary. He sat doun. I sat doun asid on page 77
'I am jist bane-weary.' on page 91

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The Ox gied a weary saugh as he backed awa on page 9

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Only then, awauk but weary, on page 16
A weary pedlar passin by? on page 24

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MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Daein naething maks me awfie weary. on page 61

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Or gif thay mak a lang, weary ferd on page 20
Weary Wullie on page 29
Aifter a lang an weary week on page 48

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e tuik Corsels on the lang an weary high road back hame tae Scotl on page 31
aucht maist o the time, a gey weary trauchle frae ae day tae the on page 55

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
The weary day lang, on page 36

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ny, ye can sometimes git geiy weary o' yer ain company. That's wh on page 9

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
I no? It's the comfort o the weary traiveller.' Me: 'Maist o the on page 71

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Grown weary wi the years, on page 85

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And us made weary, weary o aw this bluidy miniscule on page 142

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
We hear Iona's weary peirie heels on the pavie as on page 1

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ly enough, but at the end o a weary and waesome day, it wis the m on page 69

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Dwall by the Wells o Weary. on page 36

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Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
darg was a sair, doulsome and weary ane on page 123

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
A weary for the Leddy, ay, still she on page 19

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Red on Maroon, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
weary wi thi warld on page 111

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McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
we grat blithely afore oor weary hush. on page 63

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
shie in the backgrund for the weary drive hame. Efter thon,
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
When weary wi the huntin
cauld an weet an weary.
for this weary waitin.
Weary at last tae win awa,
A weary wind, a lowrin sky,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
the warld weary, chancin, bevvyin Toun Clerk
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s dreed eneuch an noo's juist weary tae hae a breck.
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
on but ma daddy sounded mair weary than anythin so ah shut up. A
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Hr tried tae laed oor weary souls,
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Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Hert weary wi a problem
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
IT .... meanin very tired and weary and OXTERS ....meanin armpit (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ableeze By the big hooses Het weary feet Drammies poored Tak it n on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e the kirk, in a gweed claes, weary pandrop-sookin Sunday kinna w on page 67

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
ull yin nor baith o us gotten weary, syne oo wad gaun oor ain sin on page 80

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
An faintly strove at weary wan Till pit e subject by, on page 6

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
An mony war the weary wirds
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ornin milkin, she steekit her weary een an fell asleep.
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ome to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and
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@Franwella tweeted
bed whispering 'come lay yer weary heid on ma crisp, clean, cool(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
-(g)it: daddit 'weary' (dadd + - it) on page 43

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Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
r forgot dat day. Such a lang weary day as he wis, yea, an night
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Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
An exciting een for some an a weary wan for idders. Hit wis a mix
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Southern

Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
And the wee weary bodies would all line up for
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