A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

yill Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 26.2 0 9.9 0 113.7 0
Number of occurrences6351 0 1 0 11 0
Number of authors15 10 1 4

Occurrences of yill in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
skailt beer, speirt for some yill, an swallied doon his first t on page 140

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
day, he douns a guid gless o yill wi his freinds. Hir at sens s on page 47

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an The Scaur whaur thochts o yill on page 11
nor needin yill or uisge beatha, on page 13
he bricht brawlie clash o the yill. on page 47

3 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
der deed, awa wis law an lee, yill an breid, wyne an wax, gamyn on page 9
eird. Aa the viands an aa the yill dwinit awa afore thir een. A on page 13
Cryin fir yill in Valhalla; on page 14

28 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Ower their yill i the Crusoe Inn They bother on page 14

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
There yill meet Lucifer on page 69
Here yill no read nane o this on page 75
an yill no be goin oot ah ta. on page 106

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
chtie francs an twa glessis o yill, sae at Modestine as A instan on page 5

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
pour the cannel yill, see, the pepperie brose on page 17
leuch, see, to pour ma cannel yill on page 27

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ir knife and fork, to caw for yill, or ask a young lady to tak w
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
pottit - mait - gingie - yill - skoush - sodae wattir –
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
n’m. He hed a caller pynt o yill afoir’m, an a guid bleize
s tuik anither swallie at the yill, an tirned a deif lug.
the yill suin pit thair wuts in a stei
isur, lang syne, nor a drap o yill on a Seturday an gaun ti viss
Tammas kent it wes the yill taukin, sae he bocht anither
8 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Wi yill-hoose gell an clish-ma-claver
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Yill still be sittin there. on page 131

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
of coansecraitit yill or usquebae. on page 145

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah see the yill-houss wi its theikit ruif.
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
wallin hoose oot owre tae the Yill Waitter, juist fornent
i name, bade it Blackcock Ha, Yill
Yill Waitter ran throwe the loch a
o Blackcockha, it the heid o Yill Waitter, hed tae flit throwe
€™ickbrae Heichts, owre intil Yill Waitter. Nou than, the local
8 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
a yer no wrang! Ah'm oan this yill noo but still up fir a sesh f(2020) search twitter

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